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evanescence

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ev·a·nesce  (v-ns)
intr.v. ev·a·nesced, ev·a·nesc·ing, ev·a·nesc·es
To dissipate or disappear like vapor. See Synonyms at disappear.
[Latin vnscere, to vanish : -, ex-, ex- + vnscere, to disappear (from vnus, empty; see eu- in Indo-European roots).]
eva·nescence n.
evanescence
1. the process of vanishing or fading away.
2. the condition of being transitory.
See also: Processes
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Noun1.evanescence - the event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight; "the evanescence of the morning mist"
disappearance - the event of passing out of sight
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To his wife's quickened ears, it was charged with lingering regret for frustrated plans and palpitant with his consciousness of life's evanescence and of the futility of his own success.
Dust by Haldeman, Julius Mr. and Mrs. View in context
Very orderly and methodical he looked, with a hand on each knee, and a loud watch ticking a sonorous sermon under his flapped waist-coat, as though it pitted its gravity and longevity against the levity and evanescence of the brisk fire.
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And it is not my own extremity I remember best--a vision of grayness without form filled with physical pain, and a careless contempt for the evanescence of all things--even of this pain itself.
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