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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fade \Fade\a. [F., prob. fr L. vapidus vapid, or possibly fr,fatuus foolish, insipid.] Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace. [R.] ``Passages that are somewhat fade.'' --Jeffrey. His masculine taste gave him a sense of something fade and ludicrous. --De Quincey. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fade \Fade\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Faded}; p. pr & vb n. {Fading}.] [OE. faden, vaden, prob. fr fade, a.; cf Prov. D. vadden to fade, wither, vaddigh languid, torpid. Cf {Fade}, a., {Vade}.] 1. To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant. The earth mourneth and fadeth away --Is. xxiv. 4. 2. To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence to be wanting in color. ``Flowers that never fade.'' --Milton. 3. To sink away to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish. The stars shall fade away --Addison He makes a swanlike end Fading in music. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fade \Fade\, v. t. To cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear away No winter could his laurels fade. --Dryden. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fade n 1: a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer [syn: {slice}] 2: gradually ceasing to be visible [syn: {disappearance}] v 1: become less clearly visible or distinguishable; "The scene begins to fade" [syn: {fade out}] 2: lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading" [syn: {wither}] 3: disappear gradually; as of emotions, for example; "The pain eventually passed off" [syn: {evanesce}, {blow over}, {pass off}, {fleet}, {pass}] 4: become feeble [syn: {languish}]
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