"vaporise" meaning in English

See vaporise in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: vaporises [present, singular, third-person], vaporising [participle, present], vaporised [participle, past], vaporised [past]
Etymology: From vapor + -ise. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|vapor|ise}} vapor + -ise Head templates: {{en-verb}} vaporise (third-person singular simple present vaporises, present participle vaporising, simple past and past participle vaporised)
  1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of vaporize. Tags: UK, alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: vaporize Derived forms: vaporisable, vaporisation, vaporiser
    Sense id: en-vaporise-en-verb-8a78vfZx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ise, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 64 20 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 29 13

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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