3 entries under this word
a. [Fr. fade, also fāt, Pr. fat, It. fado, from Lat. fatuus, foolish, insipid, tasteless.] Weak; slight; faint. [Rare.] “Passages somewhat fade.” Jeffrey.
His masculine taste gave him a sense of something fade and ludicrous. De Quincey.
v. i. [imp. & p. p. FADED; p. pr. & vb. n. FADING.] [O. Eng. also vade; Prov. D. vadden, to fade, wither, vaddigh, languid, torpid. Cf. VADE, and supra.]
Sense 1. To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant. “We all do fade as a leaf.” Isa. lxiv. 6. “Flowers that never fade.” Milton.
Sense 2. To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color. “His faded cheek.” Milton.
The stars shall fade away. Addison. Where the faded moon Made a dim silver twilight. Keats.
Sense 3. To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.
He makes a swan-like end, Fading in music. Shak.
v. t. To cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear away.
No winter could his laurels fade. Dryden.