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English Dictionary: fading by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fading
n
  1. weakening in force or intensity; "attenuation in the volume of the sound"
    Synonym(s): attenuation, fading
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fade \Fade\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Faded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Fading}.] [OE. faden, vaden, prob. fr. fade, a.; cf. Prov.
      D. vadden to fade, wither, vaddigh languid, torpid. Cf.
      {Fade}, a., {Vade}.]
      1. 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.   --Is. xxiv. 4.
  
      2. To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint
            in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color. [bd]Flowers
            that never fade.[b8] --Milton.
  
      3. To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to
            vanish.
  
                     The stars shall fade away.                  --Addison
  
                     He makes a swanlike end, Fading in music. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fading \Fad"ing\, n.
      An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song. [bd]Fading is a
      fine jig.[b8] [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fading \Fad"ing\, a.
      Losing freshness, color, brightness, or vigor. -- n. Loss of
      color, freshness, or vigor. -- {Fad"ing*ly}, adv. --
      {Fad"ing*ness}, n.
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