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)

To vapour; to transform into a vapourous state.
(rare) To make into vapour; to induce vapourisation.
(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	vapoured
imperative singular	vapoure	—

plural¹	vapouren, vapoure	vapoureden, vapourede
imperative plural	vapoureth, vapoure	—

participles	vapourynge, vapourende	vapoured, yvapoured

¹Sometimes 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.

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