Fade

a. [Fr. fade; Ger. fad; akin to Lat. vadere, to go or vanish; Fr. fader.] To wear away; to cause to wither; to deprive of freshne . -v. n. To vanish; to grow dim; to waste away; to perish or lose strength gradually; to decline; to languish. -To lose color; to tend from a brighter to a weaker color. Fad'ed, p. a. Decayed; withered; having become le vivid in color.