a. Obs. Also 5 -atife, -atyf. [ad. med.L. vapōrātīv-us: see VAPORATE v.]

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  1.  = VAPORABLE a.

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1398.  Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., XVI. iii. (Bodl. MS.). Þinge þat is vnctuous haþ moisture in hit self, & so for bicause of þe partie þat is vaporatife hit may renne and be ymade hard bi heete.

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1594.  Plat, Jewell-ho., I. 24. The generative water became congealed, and the vaporative water passed away.

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1612.  Woodall, Surg. Mate, Wks. (1653), 21*. The better to receive with effect the dry or vaporative medicine.

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  2.  Productive of vapor.

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1568.  Skeyne, The Pest (1860), 11. Quhair the ground is fat and Vaporatiue.

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