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Dec. 30, 2014
Word of the Day

evanesce Audio Pronunciation
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\ev-uh-NES, EV-uh-nes\
verb
1. to disappear gradually; vanish; fade away.
Quotes
The girl watched Linda as though she might evanesce at any moment, trailing behind her, showing no affection, her bright eyes searching and expectant.
-- Tim Gautreaux, The Missing, 2009
Origin
Evanesce came to English in the early 1800s from the Latin ēvānēscere meaning "to vanish."
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