VANQUISH
VAN'QUISH, verb transitive [Latin vinco, vincio, to bind.]1. To conquer; to overcome; to subdue in battle; as an enemy.They vanquished the rebels in all encounters.2. To defeat ...
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VANQUISHABLE
VAN'QUISHABLE, adjective That may be conquered.
VANQUISHED
VAN'QUISHED, participle passive Overcome in battle; subdued; defeated.
VANQUISHER
VAN'QUISHER, noun A conqueror; a victor.
VANQUISHING
VAN'QUISHING, participle present tense Conquering; subduing; defeating; refuting.
VANSIRE
VAN'SIRE, noun In zoology, a species of weasel with short ears, found in Madagascar.
VANT
V'ANT, verb intransitive To boast. [This is the more correct orthography. See Vaunt.]
VANTAGE
V'ANTAGE, noun [Latin venio. See Advantage and Van.]1. Gain; profit. obsolete2. Superiority; state in which one has better means of action or defense than another. [This, I beli...
VANTAGE-GROUND
V'ANTAGE-GROUND, noun Superiority of state or place; the place or condition which gives one an advantage over another.
VANTBRASS
VANT'BRASS, noun Armor for the arm. obsolete
VAORATE
VA'ORATE, verb intransitive To emit vapor. [See Evaporate.]
VAPID
VAP'ID, adjective [Latin vapidus. The radical verb is not in the Latin, but the sense must be to pass or fly off, to escape; or to strike down. Latin vapulo. It is probably alli...
VAPIDNESS
VAP'IDNESS, noun1. The state of having lost its life or spirit; deadness; flatness; as the vapidness of ale or cider.2. Dullness; want of life or spirit.
VAPOR
VA'POR, noun [Latin vapor]1. In a general sense, an invisible elastic fluid, rendered aeriform by heat, and capable of being condensed, or brought back to the liquid or solid st...
VAPOR-BATH
VA'POR-BATH, noun [vapor and bath.]1. The application of vapor to the body in a close place.2. In chimistry, an apparatus for heating bodies by the fumes of hot water.
VAPORABILITY
VAPORABIL'ITY, noun The quality of being capable of vaporization.
VAPORABLE
VAP'ORABLE, adjective Capable of being converted into vapor by the agency of caloric.
VAPORATION
VAPORA'TION, noun [Latin vaporatio.] The act or process of converting into vapor, or of passing off in vapor.
VAPORED
VA'PORED, adjective1. Moist; wet with vapors.2. Splenetic; peevish.
VAPORER
VA'PORER, noun A boaster; one who makes a vaunting display of his prowess or worth; a braggart.
VAPORIFIC
VAPORIF'IC, adjective [Latin vapor and facio, to make.]Forming into vapor; converting into steam, or expelling in a volatile form, as fluids.
VAPORING
VA'PORING, participle present tense Boasting; vaunting ostentatiously and vainly.
VAPORINGLY
VA'PORINGLY, adverb In a boasting manner.
VAPORISH
VA'PORISH, adjective1. Full of vapors.2. Hypochondriac; splenetic; affected by hysterics.
VAPORIZATION
VAPORIZA'TION, noun The artificial formation of vapor.
VAPORIZE
VAP'ORIZE, verb transitive To convert into vapor by the application of heat or artificial means.VAP'ORIZE, verb intransitive To pass off in vapor.
VAPORIZED
VAP'ORIZED, participle passive Expelled in vapor.