2. (noun)Vignette a decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position; hence, by extension, any smallpicture in a book; hence, also, as such pictures are often without a definite bounding line, any picture, as an engraving, a photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge
3. (verb)Vignette to make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge insensibly fading away
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