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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1568
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(Vapourative,) Vaporative, adj. [ME and e.m.E. vaporatife (Trevisa), vaporative (1594), med. L. vaporativus.] Producing vapour, evaporative. — 1568 Skeyne Descr. Pest 11.
Quhair the ground is fat and vaporatiue incressis maist in tyme of coniunctioune & oppositioun of sone and mone
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