† divaporationn.
Obsolete.
The driving out of vapours by heat; evaporation. Hence in modern dictionaries.
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evaporationa1398
exhalation1398
consumptiona1400
vapouring1548
transpiration1562
divaporation1617
exhalinga1618
expiration1626
exhalement1646
perspiration1652
transpiring1670
aerification1790
1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate Termes 342 Divaporation is exhalation by fire of vapour, remaining in liquid substances, till all aquosity bee consumed.
1706 in Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.)
1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict.
Derivatives
diˌvaporiˈzation n. (In recent dictionaries.)
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