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The Opposite of Fade

Categories: Questions & Answers

Tags: Coleridge, Homer, Kipling, obsolete words, usage, vocabulary, Wordsworth

Questions and Answers Cheryl—a loyal reader and fellow verbivore—sent in another great question yesterday: I have a question that has been puzzling me for some time. What is the opposite of the word “fade”; as in “light fades at dusk”? What does light do in the morning? Well, after checking out a couple of thesauruses, I’ve […]

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