vaporise

See also: vaporisé

English

Etymology

From vapor +‎ -ise.

Verb

vaporise (third-person singular simple present vaporises, present participle vaporising, simple past and past participle vaporised)

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of vaporize.
   • 1961 March, “Interim report on the Glasgow suburban electric train failures”, in Trains Illustrated, page 175:

     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.

Derived terms

• vaporisable
• vaporisation
• vaporiser

Anagrams

• apivores

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.pɔ.ʁiz/

Verb

vaporise

1. inflection of vaporiser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative