Evanesce Definition

ĕvə-nĕs
evanesced, evanesces, evanescing
verb
evanesced, evanesces, evanescing
To pass away or fade from sight like mist or smoke; disappear slowly.
Webster's New World

(intransitive, chemistry) To transition from the solid state to gaseous state without ever becoming a liquid.

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Origin of Evanesce

  • Latin ēvānēscere to vanish ē-, ex- ex- vānēscere to disappear (from vānus empty euə- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin evanescere (“to vanish”).

    From Wiktionary

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