evanesce

[ ev-uh-nes, ev-uh-nes ]

/ ˌɛv əˈnɛs, ˈɛv əˌnɛs /

verb (used without object), ev·a·nesced, ev·a·nesc·ing.

to disappear gradually; vanish; fade away.

RELATED WORDS

vanish, evaporate, disappear

Nearby words

evaluable, evaluate, evaluation, evaluative, evan, evanesce, evanescence, evanescent, evang., evangel, evangeliary

Origin of evanesce

1815–25; < Latin ēvānēscere to vanish

Related formsev·a·nes·cence, nounev·a·nes·ci·ble, adjective

Can be confusedevanesce evaporate liquefy melt thaw transpire vaporizeevanescence evaporation liquefaction melting thawing transpiration vaporization

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Examples from the Web for evanesced

Alas, that from the modern world should have evanesced all appreciation of art that is not obviously useful, palpably didactic!
Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol II of 2)|John Addington Symonds
Each time he caught a ball, something left Perry, some pain long held in his chest, evanesced into the night air.
Makers|Cory Doctorow
The 'culture,' to which she laid claim, evanesced in this atmosphere of exhalations.
In the Year of Jubilee|George Gissing
Richard Kenton evanesced into the interior so obviously that Bittridge could not offer to come in.
The Kentons|William Dean Howells

Very soon they both got bored again, when the excitement of the plotting had evanesced.
The Hypocrite|Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull

British Dictionary definitions for evanesced

evanesce

/ (ˌɛvəˈnɛs) /

verb

(intr) (of smoke, mist, etc) to fade gradually from sight; vanish

Word Origin for evanesce

C19: from Latin ēvānēscere to disappear; see vanish

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Word Origin and History for evanesced

evanesce

1822, a back-formation from evanescence, or else from Latin evanescere "to pass away, vanish" (see evanescent).