evanesce

verb

ev·​a·​nesce ˌe-və-ˈnes How to pronounce evanesce (audio)
evanesced; evanescing
Synonyms of evanescenext

intransitive verb

: to dissipate like vapor

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Examples of evanesce in a Sentence

the kids' rainy-day gloom evanesced the minute they heard that we were going out for ice cream
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Gilchrist replies, his voice brightening the way an ancient sun suddenly burns through an evanescing cloud. — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 7 June 2023 Other details — running water, a smudged kingfisher — appear only to evanesce. — Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2021

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Etymology

Latin evanescere — more at vanish

First Known Use

1822, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of evanesce was in 1822

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evanesce

verb
ev·​a·​nesce ˌev-ə-ˈnes How to pronounce evanesce (audio)
evanesced; evanescing
: to vanish like vapor
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