evanescence
evanescence is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance; as, the evanescence of vapor, of a dream, of earthly plants or hopes. Rambler.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- avaunt
- away
- behind
- depart
- departure
- disappear
- disappearance
- disappearing
- dissolve
- dissolving
- eclipse
- efface
- ejection
- evanescent
- evaporate
- exit
- fade
- from
- get
- gone
- here
- leave
- lose
- lost
- melt
- missing
- not
- occultation
- off
- out
- pass
- point
- rack
- retire
- sight
- stage
- suffer
- the
- trace
- undergo
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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