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. ``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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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