Definition of "evanishing" [evanishing]

• Present participle of evanish. (verb)

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• "'I have no wish to be cruel,' she responded, softly enough; indeed, there was softness in her whole deportment - in her face, in her voice: but there was also reserve, and an air fleeting, evanishing, intangible."
• "In the deepest reflection, all that we call external is only the material basis upon which our dreams are built; and the sleep that surrounds life swallows up life, -- all but a dim wreck of matter, floating this way and that, and forever evanishing from sight."
• "Except in scenes and sentiments of pathos, where she had lost nothing, the last, fine, evanishing tints, the delicate aroma of the character, were wanting in her personation."