evanesce Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb disappear gradually
    blow over; fade; pass; fleet; pass off.
    • The pain eventually passed off

WordNet

Ev`a*nesce" intransitive verb
Etymology
L. evanescere; e out + vanescere to vanish, fr. vanus empty, vain. See Vain, and cf. Evanish.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Evanesced ; present participle & verbal noun Evanescing
Definitions
  1. To vanish away; to because dissipated and disappear, like vapor.
    I believe him to have evanesced or evaporated. De Quincey.

Webster 1913