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EVANESCE

Dictionary entry overview: What does evanesce mean?

• EVANESCE (verb)
The verb EVANESCE has 1 sense:

1. disappear gradually

Familiarity information: EVANESCE used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• EVANESCE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Disappear gradually

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

blow over; evanesce; fleet; fade; pass off; pass

Context example:

The pain eventually passed off

Hypernyms (to "evanesce" is one way to...):

disappear; go away; vanish (get lost, as without warning or explanation)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

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