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evanesce - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
intransitive verb synonym : disappear .
from The Century Dictionary.
evanescing colors or vapors.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
intransitive verb
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
verb intransitive To disappear into a mist or dissipate in vaporverb intransitive, chemistry To transition from the solid state to gaseous state without ever becoming a liquid
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin ēvānēscere , to vanish : ē-, ex- , ex- + vānēscere , to disappear (from vānus , empty; see euə- in Indo-European roots).]
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From Latin evanescere ("to vanish").
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Examples
I stubbornly insist on seeing our community, not as a fragile utopian bubble destined to evanesce or pop, but as a hardy model for the future.
Susan Katz Miller: Raising My Interfaith Children With Hope: 10 Years After 9/11 Susan Katz Miller 2011
If people would start seeing through this sham – and the media would stop giving this pathetic bunch of idiots coverage – it would simply evanesce .
Tea Party Express unveils 'heroes,' 'targets' 2010
I stubbornly insist on seeing our community, not as a fragile utopian bubble destined to evanesce or pop, but as a hardy model for the future.
Susan Katz Miller: Raising My Interfaith Children With Hope: 10 Years After 9/11 Susan Katz Miller 2011
I stubbornly insist on seeing our community, not as a fragile utopian bubble destined to evanesce or pop, but as a hardy model for the future.
Susan Katz Miller: Raising My Interfaith Children With Hope: 10 Years After 9/11 Susan Katz Miller 2011
Feathery trills and a murky fog over the final section caused the piece to evanesce , until without much warning, it evaporated into nothing.
Pianist Till Fellner ends Beethoven sonata cycle with restrained refinement Post 2010
I stubbornly insist on seeing our community, not as a fragile utopian bubble destined to evanesce or pop, but as a hardy model for the future.
Susan Katz Miller: Raising My Interfaith Children With Hope: 10 Years After 9/11 Susan Katz Miller 2011
Construct Series 7, Construct Series 1, Slab, juncture and evanesce
May 2009 2009
He stepped through the veil of light, blinking, as if pushing through would cause his body to evanesce , pass into an otherworldly realm.
Fasting to a Comfortable Death 2009
Does he notice the thick cumulous lifeforms that escape from his mouth in shapes that shift and evanesce like the opportunities that once populated his life?
Pretty White Gloves 2009
The more time our money ( "debt") takes to evanesce , the more time we ants have to help ourselves as well as odd grasshopper or two.
Forget the Happy Talk: Longer, Deeper Recession Ahead, Execs Warn 2009
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