Evanesce

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To dissipate or disappear like vapor. See Synonyms at disappear.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To disappear into a mist or dissipate in vapor
  • v. To transition from the solid state to gaseous state without ever becoming a liquid
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To vanish away; to become dissipated and disappear, like vapor.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To vanish away or by degrees; disappear gradually; fade out or away; be dissipated: as, evanescing colors or vapors.
  • To disappear, as the edge of a polyhedron, by the rotation of two adjacent faces into one plane.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. disappear gradually
  • Verb Form
    evanesced    evanesces    evanescing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    go away    disappear    vanish   
    Cross Reference
    effervesce   
    Form
    evanesced    evanescing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    disappear