Middle English Dictionary Entry
vā̆pǒuren v.
Entry Info
| Forms | vā̆pǒuren v. Also vapour(e, vapore, vaperen & (?error) vaporynge. |
| Etymology | Prob. from L vapōrāre or OF vaporer; also cp. ME vā̆pǒur n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. evaporen v.
1.
(a) To become diffused in the air, vaporize, evaporate; also, fig. disperse, spread out [last quot.]; ~ oute; ben vapoured oute; ppl. vapouring, tending to evaporate;
(b) to cause (sth.) to evaporate; ~ awei (up);
(c) physiol. to exit the body in a vaporous form [quot. c1425]; draw off (a humor, toxic matter, etc.) by turning it into a vapor; ~ oute; ppl. vapouring, tending to promote evaporation in the body.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.3921 : May kalendis entre in for-sothe, And Zephirus…Þe tendre braunchis enspireþ…And þe bawme vapoureth vp a-lofte In-to þe eyre of þe erbes softe.
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Wel 225)106/1225 : In tym of wynter…het is…closyt in þe ground & may noght becaus of…ferhed of þe sone vaporynge [?read: vaporyn] owt.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)153b/b : Of…fleobotomye…þay…Contrariously…disposed may no wayez helfully sustene it; þay haue forsoþ litel blode & flesh liȝtly vapouring [Ch.(2): þat wille liȝtly falle away].
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)165b/b : Leues ben þicke…& kepeþ þe fumes þat passen oute þat þei maye not vapore fro þe emplaister.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)402/4 : In þe cure of wyddrynge and of dryenge of bodyes, wirchers purposen…to strengþe the norisshinge vertue þat the blode þat is drawen may be wiþholden and noght vaporede oute.
- a1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)8/32 : The science to brynge gold into calx…take a crusible wiþ a good quantitee of Mercurie, and sette it to a litel fier so þat it vapoure not, and putte þerinne þi lymail of gold.
- c1475(?c1451) Worcester Bk.Noblesse (Roy 18.B.22)4 : Alle…men…may be of one intencion…to vapour, sprede out…and avaunce hem forthe…ayenst…oure auncien adversaries.
b
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.3575 : Þe hote bemys Of briȝt Phebus with his firy stremys Vapoureth vp þe moysture in-to þe eyr.
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)454 : Phebus with his bemys bryght Ys reysed vp so hygh alofte And on the herbes tendre and softe The bawmy dropes siluer fair Vapoured hath vp in the ayr.
- a1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)9/36 : The science to drawe out of fyn gold quinta essencia…ȝe schal se…a liquor of oyle ascende…putte it into a uessel of glas in þe which be putt watir…and aftir do vapoure awey þe watir at þe fier.
c
- ?a1425 Chauliac(1) (NY 12:Wallner)2.63/10 : G vaporeþ [vr. vapereþ; Ch.(2): evaporeth] þe materie with farine ordei & oþer þingez nowe said aboue in þe cure of flegmon.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)13/4 : Þat emplastre is best mitigatiue of akyng of pappes…and makeþ þe mater for to vapour by þe porez.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)168/4 : Be oþer medecynes to vapoure and to resolue þe mater.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)587/8 : A resolutyf medecyne, forsothe, oþer it is openynge or makynge þenne or vaporynge…It is þat of þe whiche þe proprete is…of partynge and of sotellynge þe mater and to make it a vapour and to drawe þerof partie after partie in openynge þe pores.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)117 : I haue a special horn bi which j caste and vapoure out the wynd that j haue in my bodi.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1525 BodEMus.52 Artist.Recipes (BodEMus 52) 189/5 : Put it in a ston potte with a longe neke and set yt in warme asches in a fornese unto þe moster be vapurde awaye.
Note: Postdates word, sense (a). New spelling (p. ppl.) = vapurde.