The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Evanesce \Ev`a*nesce"\ ([e^]v`[.a]*n[e^]s"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
   Evanesced ([e^]v`[.a]*n[e^]st"); p. pr. & vb. n.
   Evanescing. ([e^]v`[.a]*n[e^]s"s[i^]ng).] [L. evanescere; e
   out + vanescere to vanish, fr. vanus empty, vain. See Vain,
   and cf. Evanish.]
   To vanish away; to become dissipated and disappear, like
   vapor.
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         I believe him to have evanesced or evaporated. --De
                                                  Quincey.
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