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disappear

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dis⋅ap⋅pear

  [dis-uh-peer]
–verb (used without object)
1. to cease to be seen; vanish from sight.
2. to cease to exist or be known; pass away; end gradually: One by one the symptoms disappeared.
Use disappear in a Sentence
Origin:
1520–30; dis- 1 + appear

Synonyms:
1. Disappear, fade, vanish suggest that something passes from sight. Disappear is used of whatever suddenly or gradually goes out of sight: We watched him turn down a side street and then disappear. Fade suggests a (complete or partial) disappearance that proceeds gradually and often by means of a blending into something else: Colors in the sky at sunrise quickly fade. Vanish suggests complete, generally rapid, and often mysterious disappearance: A mirage can vanish as suddenly as it appears.
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dis·ap·pear   (dĭs'ə-pîr')   
v.   dis·ap·peared, dis·ap·pear·ing, dis·ap·pears

v.   intr.

  1. To pass out of sight; vanish.

  2. To cease to exist.

v.   tr.
To cause (someone) to disappear, especially by kidnapping or murder.
dis'ap·pear'ance n.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to pass out of sight or existence: a skyscraper disappearing in the fog; time seeming to evanesce; courage evaporating; memories fading away; hope slowly vanishing.
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Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

disappear 
1530, from dis- "do the opposite of" (see dis-) + appear. Slang disappearing act, originally of magic shows, in fig. sense of "getting away" first attested 1913.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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