evanesce
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intransitive verb \ˌe-və-ˈnes\ev·a·nescedev·a·nesc·ing
Definition of EVANESCE
: to dissipate like vapor
Examples of EVANESCE
- <the kids' rainy-day gloom evanesced the minute they heard that we were going out for ice cream>
Origin of EVANESCE
Latin evanescere — more at vanish
First Known Use: 1822
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Rhymes with EVANESCE
ABS, acquiesce, baroness, bitter cress, CBS, coalesce, convalesce, crown princess, DES, decompress, deliquesce, derepress, dispossess, due process, effervesce, effloresce, full-court press, gentilesse, granny dress, in-process, inverness, Inverness, less and less, letterpress, luminesce, Lyonnesse, minidress, more or less, nonetheless, obsolesce, otherguess, overdress, pennycress, phosphoresce, politesse, prepossess, preprocess, recrudesce, repossess, reprocess, retrogress, second-guess, SOS, sweaterdress, underdress, watercress, window-dress, word process
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