vapouren

Middle English

Alternative forms

• vapore, vapour, vapoure

Etymology

From vapour +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaːˈpuːrən/, /vaˈpuːrən/, /ˈvaːpurən/

Verb

vapouren (Late Middle English)

1. To vapour; to transform into a vapourous state.
2. (rare) To make into vapour; to induce vapourisation.
3. (rare) To draw out of the body as vapour.

Conjugation

Conjugation of vapouren (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) vapouren, vapoure
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	vapoure	vapoured
2nd-person singular	vapourest	vapouredest
3rd-person singular	vapoureth	vapoured
subjunctive singular	vapoure
imperative singular		—
plural1	vapouren, vapoure	vapoureden, vapourede
imperative plural	vapoureth, vapoure	—
participles	vapourynge, vapourende	vapoured, yvapoured

¹ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: vapour, vapor

References

• “vā̆pǒuren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-03.