To convert into vapor; to cause something to evaporate or transform into a gaseous state.
From Latin prefix 'en-' (to cause to be) plus 'vapor' (steam/gas). This is a rare or archaic English formation following the pattern of creating verbs like 'enlarge' or 'enable'.
This word illustrates how English allows us to make verbs from nouns using the 'en-' prefix, but most combinations never catch on—'envapor' lost out to the simpler 'evaporate,' showing how language evolves through competition between possible words.
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