Vaporise

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of vaporize. UK, alt-of, nonstandard

    "Overheating of the secondary winding had vaporised the circulating oil in the transformer tank and the vapour had passed into the conservator tank, which was not adequately vented to the atmosphere; increasing internal pressure then lifted the tank cover, allowing vapour to escape."

  2. 2
    lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue wordnet
  3. 3
    turn into gas wordnet
  4. 4
    change into a vapor wordnet
  5. 5
    cause to change into a vapor wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
aerifyevaporateevaporategasifygasifyvaporize

Example

More examples

"Vaporise the solvent from the liquid. What's left is the perfume component and a lump of vegetable wax."

Etymology

From vapor + -ise.

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