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"Section F, G and H"


"Flowers that never fade." Milton.


3. To sink away; to disappear gradually; to
grow dim; to vanish.


The stars shall fade away.

Addison


He makes a swanlike end,

Fading in music.
Shak.


Fade, v. t. To cause to wither; to
deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear away.


No winter could his laurels fade.

Dryden.


Fad"ed (?), a. That has lost
freshness, color, or brightness; grown dim.
"His faded
cheek." Milton.


Where the faded moon

Made a dim silver twilight.
Keats.


Fad"ed*ly, adv. In a faded
manner.


A dull room fadedly furnished.

Dickens.


Fade"less, a. Not liable to fade;
unfading.


Fa"der (?), n. Father.
[Obs.] Chaucer.


Fadge (?), v. i. [Cf.


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