Hypertext Webster Gateway: "evanesce"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Evanesce \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
evanesce
v : disappear gradually; as of emotions, for example; "The pain
eventually passed off" [syn: {fade}, {blow over}, {pass
off}, {fleet}, {pass}]
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