v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Evanesced p. pr. & vb. n. Evanescing. ] [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

I believe him to have evanesced or evaporated. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Evanescence

n. The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance; as, the evanescence of vapor, of a dream, of earthly plans or hopes. Rambler. [ 1913 Webster ]

Evanescent

a. [ L. evanescens, -entis, p. pr. of evanescere. ] 1. Liable to vanish or pass away like vapor; vanishing; fleeting; as, evanescent joys. [ 1913 Webster ]

So evanescent are the fashions of the world in these particulars. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Vanishing from notice; imperceptible. [ 1913 Webster ]

The difference between right and wrong, in some petty cases, is almost evanescent. Wollaston. [ 1913 Webster ]

Evanescently

adv. In a vanishing manner; imperceptibly. Chalmers. [ 1913 Webster ]

evangel

n. [ F. évangile, L. evangelium, Gr. e'yagge`lion good news, glad tidings, gospel, fr. e'ya`ggelos bringing good news; e'y^ well + 'a`ggelein to bear a message. See Eu-, and Angel and cf. Evangely. ] Good news; announcement of glad tidings; especially, the gospel, or a gospel. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her funeral anthem is a glad evangel. Whittier. [ 1913 Webster ]

Evangelian

a. Rendering thanks for favors. [ 1913 Webster ]

Evangelic

a. [ L. evangelicus, Gr. e'yaggeliko`s: cf. F. évangélique. See Evangel. ] Belonging to, or contained in, the gospel; evangelical. “Evangelic truth.” J. Foster. [ 1913 Webster ]

Evangelical

a. 1. Contained in, or relating to, the four Gospels; as, the evangelical history. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Belonging to, agreeable or consonant to, or contained in, the gospel, or the truth taught in the New Testament; as, evangelical religion. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; preëminently orthodox; -- technically applied to that party in the Church of England, and in the Protestant Episcopal Church, which holds the doctrine of “Justification by Faith alone;” the Low Church party. The term is also applied to other religious bodies not regarded as orthodox. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Having or characterized by a zealous, crusading enthusiasm for a cause. [ PJC ]

5. Adhering to a form of Christianity characterized by a conservative interpretation of the bible, but disavowing the label 'bdfundamentalist`'b8. [ PJC ]

Evangelical Alliance, an alliance for mutual strengthening and common work, comprising Christians of different denominations and countries, organized in Liverpool, England, in 1845. --
Evangelical Church. (a) The Protestant Church in Germany. (b) A church founded by a fusion of Lutherans and Calvinists in Germany in 1817. --
Evangelical Union, a religious sect founded in Scotland in 1843 by the Rev. James Morison; -- called also Morisonians. [ 1913 Webster ]