evanesce

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  1. intransitive verb To dissipate or disappear like vapor. See Synonyms at disappear.

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  • John P. Kidner Alexandria, Virginia As you probably already know, the commonly used —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IV No 2
  • And it still wouldn't be enough to hold back the foes, already massing for the next attack. —  Into the Labyrinth
  • "As 2S begins to evanesce, the draftcard burnings will increase." —  We Won't Go
  • Nonent prepared 3hree copies on l0en-minute evanesce, shoved each under the respective doors of his adjoining left, right, and opposite neighbors, and retired for 12welve eventless minutes. —  Alien Plot by Piers Anthony
  • Then the jihad ideology will evanesce like the dew. —  Jihad Monitor
 

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  1. Latin ēvānēscere, to vanish : ē-, ex-, ex- + vānēscere, to disappear (from vānus, empty; see euə- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. from Latin evanescere, vanish away, from e, out, + vanescere, vanish: see vanish. Cf. evanish.
 

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