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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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