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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Va·por, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Vapored p. pr. & vb. n. Vaporing.]  [Written also vapour.]
 1. To pass off in fumes, or as a moist, floating substance, whether visible or invisible, to steam; to be exhaled; to evaporate.
 2. To emit vapor or fumes. [R.]
    Running waters vapor not so much as standing waters.   --Bacon.
 3. To talk idly; to boast or vaunt; to brag.
    Poets used to vapor much after this manner.   --Milton.
    We vapor and say, By this time Matthews has beaten them.   --Walpole.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Va·pored a.
 1. Wet with vapors; moist.
 2. Affected with the vapors. See Vapor, n., 5.