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evanesce

[ ev-uh-nes, ev-uh-nes ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

, ev·a·nesced, ev·a·nesc·ing.

evanesce

/ ˌɛvəˈnɛs /

First recorded in 1815–25; from Latin ēvānēscere “to disappear, vanish”; vanish

C19: from Latin ēvānēscere to disappear; see vanish

It was an ignoble love, tigerish and animal, which would evanesce long before her youth and beauty had faded away.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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