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Definition of: evanesce
(ev′ə·nes′) v.t. ·nesced, ·nesc·ing
To disappear by degrees; vanish gradually. [<L evanescere <e- out + vanescere vanish <vanus empty]
—ev′a·nes′ci·ble adjective
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