Fade (?) a. [F., prob. fr. L. vapidus vapid, or possibly fr,fatuus foolish, insipid.]
Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace.
[R.] "Passages that are somewhat
fade."
Jeffrey.
His masculine taste gave him a sense of something fade and ludicrous.
De Quincey.
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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.
"Flowers that never
fade."
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.
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Fade, v. t.
To cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear away.
No winter could his laurels fade.
Dryden.
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