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evanesce

ev·a·nesce [ èvvə néss ] (past and past participle ev·a·nesced, present participle ev·a·nesc·ing, 3rd person present singular ev·a·nesc·es)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
gradually vanish: to grow less until completely gone ( literary )
His cares evanesced.

[Mid-19th century. < Latin evanescere "vanish" < vanus "empty"]
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