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& s. [Latin facundus eloquent; facundia =eloquence.] [FACOND.] A. As adj.: Eloquent. B. As subst.: Eloquence. *fad (1), s. [Gael. fad a .] A boat. făd (2), s. [Etym. doubtful; cf. faddle .] A crotchet, a hobby; a favorite theory or idea. "It is your favorite fad to draw plans."-G. Eliot : Mid- dlemarch, ch. iv. făd-dom, s. [FATHOM.] fāde, *vade, v . i . & t . [FADE (1), a.] A. Intransitive : "She faded , 'midst Italian flowers, The last of that bright band." le . "Jove with his faded thunder I despise." Dryden: Ovid; Metamorphoses, xiii. 4. To decay, to wear away, to perish. "Ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away."-1 Peter i. 4. 5. To lose freshne , color, or brightne ; to be come faint in tint or hue. 6. To become dim. "And the stars faded at approaching light." Pope: Homer's Ody ey, xiv. 544. 7. To gradually disappear from sight; to become dim or indistinctly seen. "Adieu, adieu! my native shore Fades o'er the waters blue." Byron: Childe Harold, i. *8. To disappear, to escape, to elude discovery. "He stands amazed how he thence should fade ." Spenser: F. Q., 1. v. 15. 9. To become dim; to lose clearne of vision. "The eye that faded looked through gathering haze." Hemans: Edith. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; fæces *10. To waste away; to lose the color and freshne of youth. "While on thy faded cheek the arctic air Congeals the bitter teardrop of despair." Hemans: Domestic Affections. *11. To waste away; to become poor and miserable. "The rich man shall fade away." -James i. 11. *12. To come to an end. "Thy eternal summer shall not fade." Shakesp.: Sonnet 18. 13. To be naturally perishable, transient, or not durable. 14. To pa gradually from one color to another; hence, to become joined, mixed, or intermingled, so that no dividing line can be distinctly seen. "There is a frontier where virtue and vice fade into each other." -Macaulay : Hist. Eng . , ch. ix. *B. Transitive : 1. To cause to wither or decay; to deprive of freshne or vigor. "No winter could his laurels fade ." 2. To make weak or powerle ; to weaken. "A ffrele woman me fades ." Dryden: Lord Protector, xv. Destruction of Troy, 9,188. fād'-ěd, pa. par. & a. [FADE, v.] fād'-ěd-lý, adv. [Eng. faded; -ly.] In a faded or decayed manner. få de-le , a. [Eng. fade; -le .] Unfading; that cannot fade.