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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

... dinners and a club luncheon during the month of her reign. Then the French woman grew more and more irregular as to hours, and more utterly unreliable as to meals; sometimes the family fared delightfully, sometimes there was almost nothing for dinner. Germaine seemed to fade from sight, not entirely of her own volition, not really discharged; simply she was gone. A Norwegian girl came next, a good-natured, blundering creature whose English was just enough to utterly confuse herself and ...

— The Treasure • Kathleen Norris

... divine nature; and stars and worlds, and angels and mighty creatures, and things in the heights and things in the depths, to each of which have been entrusted some broken syllables of the divine character to make known to the world, dwindle and fade before the brightness, the lambent, gentle brightness that beams out from the Cross of Christ, which proclaims—God is love, ...

— Expositions of Holy Scripture - St. John Chapters I to XIV • Alexander Maclaren

... you had all that money, Lois, it would brace 'em up a good deal. It's a funny thing about this funny old world, how the scarletest sins fade away into pale pink at the ...

— Otherwise Phyllis • Meredith Nicholson

... devotion, gratitude, adoration—now you got it. Turn on your lamps full power, dearie! Wow! Bully! A couple of tears, please. That's the stuff. You'll be the queen of the world. Weep a little more. Real tears. That's it! Now clinch for the fade-out. Cut!" ...

— We Can't Have Everything • Rupert Hughes

... sir, political eminence and professional fame fade away and die with all things earthly. Nothing of character is really permanent but virtue and personal worth. These remain. Whatever of excellence is wrought into the soul itself belongs to both worlds. Real goodness does not attach itself ...

— The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 - Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 3, March, 1886 • Various

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