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van·ish 
[van-ish] Pronunciation Key
[van-ish] Pronunciation Key –verb (used without object)
–verb (used with object)
–noun
| 1. | to disappear from sight, esp. quickly; become invisible: The frost vanished when the sun came out. |
| 2. | to go away, esp. furtively or mysteriously; disappear by quick departure: The thief vanished in the night. |
| 3. | to disappear by ceasing to exist; come to an end: The pain vanished after he took an aspirin. |
| 4. | Mathematics. (of a number, quantity, or function) to become zero. |
| 5. | to cause to disappear. |
| 6. | Phonetics. the last part of a vowel sound when it differs noticeably in quality from the main sound, as the faint (é) at the end of the (ā) in the pronunciation of pain. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| van·ish
(vān'ĭsh) Pronunciation Key
intr.v. van·ished, van·ish·ing, van·ish·es
[Middle English vanisshen, alteration of Old French esvanir, esvaniss-, from Vulgar Latin *exvanīre, alteration of Latin ēvānēscere : ē-, ex-, ex- + vānēscere, to vanish (from vānus, empty; see euə- in Indo-European roots).] van'ish·er n., van'ish·ing·ly adv., van'ish·ment n. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
vanish
vanish
1303, from aphetic form of stem of O.Fr. esvanir "disappear," from V.L. *exvanire, from L. evanescere "disappear, die out," from ex- "out" + vanescere "vanish," from vanus "empty" (see vain). Vanishing point in perspective drawing is recorded from 1797.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| vanish | |
verb | |
| 1. | get lost, as without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace" [syn: disappear] [ant: appear] |
| 2. | become invisible or unnoticeable; "The effect vanished when day broke" |
| 3. | pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him" [syn: fly] |
| 4. | cease to exist; "An entire civilization vanished" [ant: appear] |
| 5. | decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized" |
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American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source - Share This
vanish
see under into thin air.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Vanish
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Vanish
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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