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fading
CIDE DICTIONARY
fading, a.
Losing freshness, color, brightness, or vigor. [1913 Webster]
fading, n.
An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song. Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
fading
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