Evanescent

[Lat. evanescens.] Vanishing away; waning; decreasing; decaying; disappearing, subject to vanishing; fleeting; pa ing away; liable to di ipation; insensible; imperceptible. Evanes'cently, adv . In a vanishing manner. Evangel, n. [Gr. evangel i on , good tidings.] The gospel of Christ. - Good tidings. Evangel i an, a . Rendering thanks for favor. (R.) Evangelic, Evangelical, a. [Fr. évangélique ; L. Lat. evangelic us ; Gr. euang - gelicos - eu , and angello , to bear a me age, to bring tidings, to proclaim. See ANGEL. Pertaining to good tidings; according to the gospel; consonant to the doctrines and precepts of the gospel; contained in the gospel; sound in the doctrines of the gospel; orthodox.