Definitions for: Vanish


[v] decrease rapidly, as of money
[v] get lost, esp. without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace"
[v] cease to exist; "An entire civilization vanished"
[v] pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"
[v] become invisible or unnoticeable; "The effect vanished when day broke"



Webster (1913) Definition: Van"ish, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Vanished; p. pr. & vb.
n. Vanishing.] [OE. vanissen, OF. vanir (in comp.): cf. OF.
envanir, esvanir, esvanu["i]r, F. s'['e]vanouir; fr. L. vanus
empty, vain; cf. L. vanescere, evanescere, to vanish. See
Vain, and cf. Evanescent,-ish.]
1. To pass from a visible to an invisible state; to go out of
sight; to disappear; to fade; as, vapor vanishes from the
sight by being dissipated; a ship vanishes from the sight
of spectators on land.

The horse vanished . . . out of sight. --Chaucer.

Go; vanish into air; away! --Shak.

The champions vanished from their posts with the
speed of lightning. --Sir W.
Scott.

Gliding from the twilight past to vanish among
realities. --Hawthorne.

2. To be annihilated or lost; to pass away. ``All these
delights will vanish.'' --Milton.


Van"ish, n. (Phon.)
The brief terminal part of vowel or vocal element, differing
more or less in quality from the main part; as, a as in ale
ordinarily ends with a vanish of i as in ill, o as in old
with a vanish of oo as in foot. --Rush.

Note: The vanish is included by Mr. Bell under the general
term glide.

Synonyms: disappear, disappear, fell, fly, fly, go away, go away

Antonyms: appear, come along

See Also: absent, blow over, bob under, cease, cease, clear, decrease, dematerialise, dematerialize, desorb, die, die off, die out, diminish, elapse, end, end, evanesce, fade, fall, fall away, fall off, finish, finish, fleet, glide by, go, go along, go by, lapse, lessen, pass, pass, pass off, remove, skip town, slide by, slip away, slip by, stop, stop, take a powder, terminate, terminate, wither

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