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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

vapor

vapor +

facere

to make.]

(Chem.)

Producing vapor; tending to pass, or to cause to pass, into vapor;

thus, volatile fluids are

vaporific

; heat is a

vaporific

agent

Adj.

[L. vapor and facio, to make.]

Forming into vapor; converting into steam, or expelling in a volatile form, as fluids.

vaporific ‎(comparative more vaporific, superlative most vaporific)

(chemistry) Producing vapour; tending to pass, or to cause to pass, into vapor.

Volatile fluids are vaporific.

Heat is a vaporific agent.