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ev⋅a⋅nesce

  [ev-uh-nes, ev-uh-nes]
Use evanesce in a Sentence
–verb (used without object), -nesced, -nesc⋅ing.
to disappear gradually; vanish; fade away.
Origin:
1815–25; < L ēvānēscere to vanish

Related forms:
ev⋅a⋅nes⋅cence, noun
ev⋅a⋅nes⋅ci⋅ble, adjective
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ev·a·nesce   (ěv'ə-něs')   
intr.v.   ev·a·nesced, ev·a·nesc·ing, ev·a·nesc·es
To dissipate or disappear like vapor. See Synonyms at disappear.

[Latin ēvānēscere, to vanish : ē-, ex-, ex- + vānēscere, to disappear (from vānus, empty; see euə- in Indo-European roots).]
ev'a·nes'cence n.
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