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verb

Fade v. t. To cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear away. "No winter could his laurels fade."

Fade v. i. (past & past part. faded; pres. part. fading)

To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant. "The earth mourneth and fadeth away."

To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color. "Flowers that never fade."

To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish. "The stars shall fade away." "He makes a swanlike end, Fading in music."

adjective

Fade adj. Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace. (R.) "Passages that are somewhat fade." "His masculine taste gave him a sense of something fade and ludicrous."

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Etymology of 'Fade'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Fade" Quotes from Famous Books

... is none the less deplorable. "While young she receives much attention, but when her charms begin to fade she becomes the servant of her husband ...

— Primitive Love and Love-Stories • Henry Theophilus Finck

... science soon would fade And commerce dead would fall, If the farmer ceased to reap and sow For the farmer feeds ...

— The Choctaw Freedmen - and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy • Robert Elliott Flickinger

... are lasting monuments to our commercial and professional ability, and stand out proudly against a background of restricted opportunities, while the unnumbered many fade into the shadow of the horizon and ...

— Twentieth Century Negro Literature - Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating - to the American Negro • Various

... enter the carriage after Mrs. Ravenel, realizing, with more anger than she had ever felt, all that the going meant. She had hoped that after a few years of the singing Katrine's heart would turn to Dermott, and as she saw her hopes fade away she shook her head knowingly, with even a touch ...

— Katrine • Elinor Macartney Lane

... I said; "the chance pressure of a riding-glove, perhaps. It will fade away, Cato, this ghost-ring, as you call it.... Give me that rag o' lace; ... dust the powder away, Cato.... There, I'm smiling; can't you see, you rascal?... And tell ...

— The Maid-At-Arms • Robert W. Chambers

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