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dies away

dies away is the third-person singular simple present indicative of die away.

Meaning of die away

Verb

die away (third-person singular simple present dies away, present participle dying away, simple past and past participle died away)

  1. (intransitive) To die gradually or slowly.
  2. (intransitive) To diminish or wane; to cease gradually.
    • So thick a haze o’erspreads the sky,
      They cannot see the sun on high:
      The wind hath blown a gale all day;
      At evening it hath died away.1802, Robert Southey, The Inchcape Rock
    Synonyms:
    fade away
  3. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To cause to die; to do away with.
    • By little and little, in such a gradual sensible death[…]God dies away in us, as I may say, all human satisfactions, in order to subdue his poor creatures to Himself.1748, [Samuel Richardson], chapter 45, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume VII, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC

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What is dies away the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dies away is the third-person singular simple present indicative of die away.

Words near dies away in the dictionary

  1. diers
  2. dies
  3. dies a death
  4. dies a thousand deaths
  5. dies and goes to heaven
  6. dies away
  7. dies back
  8. dies down
  9. dies hard
  10. dies how one lived
  11. dies in a fire

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