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evanesce [ev-uh-nes, ev-uh-nes] ExamplesWord Origin verb (used without object), ev·a·nesced, ev·a·nesc·ing.
- to disappear gradually; vanish; fade away.
Origin of evanesce 1815–25; Latin ēvānēscere to vanish Related formsev·a·nes·cence, nounev·a·nes·ci·ble, adjectiveCan be confusedevanesce evaporate liquefy melt thaw transpire vaporizeevanescence evaporation liquefaction melting thawing transpiration vaporization Related Words for evanesced vanish, evaporate, disappear Examples from the Web for evanesced Historical Examples of evanesced
The ‘culture,’ to which she laid claim, evanesced in this atmosphere of exhalations.
George Gissing
Alas, that from the modern world should have evanesced all appreciation of art that is not obviously useful, palpably didactic!
Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol II of 2)
John Addington Symonds
Very soon they both got bored again, when the excitement of the plotting had evanesced.
Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
Each time he caught a ball, something left Perry, some pain long held in his chest, evanesced into the night air.
Cory Doctorow
Richard Kenton evanesced into the interior so obviously that Bittridge could not offer to come in.
William Dean Howells
British Dictionary definitions for evanesced evanesce verb
- (intr) (of smoke, mist, etc) to fade gradually from sight; vanish
Word Origin for evanesce C19: from Latin ēvānēscere to disappear; see vanish Word Origin and History for evanesced evanesce v.
1822, a back-formation from evanescence, or else from Latin evanescere “to pass away, vanish” (see evanescent).