Meaning of EVANESCE
| Pronunciation: | | `evu'nes
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| | Definition: | | [v] disappear gradually; as of emotions, for example; "The pain eventually passed off" |
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| | Synonyms: | | blow over, fade, fleet, pass, pass off |
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| | See Also: | | disappear, go away, vanish | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ev`a*nesce"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Evanesced}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Evanescing}. .] [L. evanescere; e out + vanescere
to vanish, fr. vanus empty, vain. See {Vain}, and cf.
{Evanish}.]
To vanish away; to become dissipated and disappear, like
vapor.
I believe him to have evanesced or evaporated. --De
Quincey.
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