Obs. [f. the vb.] The action of the vb. FADE.
a. 1300. Cursor Mundi, 23513 (Cott.), Frenscip þar es, wit-vten fade [sc. in heuin].
1775. J. Harris, Philos. Arrangem., Wks. (1841), 301. [A slain hero and a flower just gathered have] the same drooping head, the same lifeless fade, the same relicts of a form that was once fair and flourishing.
