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Evanescing

Evanesce \Ev`a*nesce"\ ([e^]v`[.a]*n[e^]s"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Evanesced ([e^]v`[.a]*n[e^]st"); p. pr. & vb. n. Evanescing. ([e^]v`[.a]*n[e^]s"s[i^]ng).] [L. evanescere; e out + vanescere to vanish, fr. vanus empty, vain. See Vain, and cf. Evanish.] To vanish away; to become dissipated and disappear, like vapor.

I believe him to have evanesced or evaporated.
--De Quincey.

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evanescing

vb. (present participle of evanesce English)

Usage examples of "evanescing".

It sucked light and shade, killed two passersby before evanescing and leaving only a remnant of bookness that lingered another day.

Moreya evanescing from his mind, that he may have surmounted the rigors of proscribed rutting seasons.

She slumbered in his arms, warm and faintly evanescing, and again he marveled that he should call this female his own.