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<hw>Fade</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Faded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fading</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>faden</ets>, <ets>vaden</ets>, prob. fr. <ets>fade</ets>, <tt>a.</tt>; cf. Prov. D. <ets>vadden</ets> to fade, wither, <ets>vaddigh languid</ets>, <ets>torpid</ets>. <ets>Cf</ets>. <er>Fade</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, <er>Vade</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.</def>

<blockquote>The earth mourneth and <b>fadeth</b> away. <i>Is. xxiv. 4.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.</def> "Flowers that never <i>fade</i>."

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.</def>

<blockquote>The stars shall <b>fade</b> away. <i>Addison</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He makes a swanlike end, <b>Fading</b> in music. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fade</h1> <Xpage=537>

<hw>Fade</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear away.</def>

<blockquote>No winter could his laurels <b>fade</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Faded</h1> <Xpage=537>

<hw>Fad"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That has lost freshness, color, or brightness; grown dim.</def> "His <i>faded</i> cheek."

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>Where the <b>faded</b> moon Made a dim silver twilight. <i>Keats.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Fad"ed*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a faded manner.</def>

<blockquote>A dull room <b>fadedly</b> furnished. <i>Dickens.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fadeless</h1> <Xpage=537>

<hw>Fade"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not liable to fade; unfading.</def>

<h1>Fader</h1> <Xpage=537>

<hw>Fa"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Father.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Fadge</h1> <Xpage=537>

<hw>Fadge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OE. <ets>faden</ets> to flatter, and AS. <ets>f<?/gan</ets> to join, unit, G. <ets>f\'81gen</ets>, or AS. <ets>\'bef\'91gian</ets> to depict; all perh. form the same root as E. <ets>fair</ets>. Cf. <er>Fair</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, <er>Fay</er> to fit.]</ety> <def>To fit; to suit; to agree.</def>

<blockquote>They shall be made, spite of antipathy, to <b>fadge</b> together. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Well, Sir, how <b>fadges</b> the new design ? <i>Wycherley.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Fadge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <def>A small flat loaf or thick cake; also, a fagot.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>