evanes ce

i. [Lat. evanesco: e=away, and vanesco to vanish (q. v.).] 1. Lit .: To vanish, to disappear, to be di ipated in vapor. 2. Fig .: To disappear in an imperceptible manner; to vanish away. "I believe him to have evanesced and evaporated."-De Quincey. ( Webster.)