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disappearing

[dis-uh-peer] Origin

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.

Origin:
1520–30; dis-1 + appear

non·dis·ap·pear·ing, adjective
un·dis·ap·pear·ing, adjective


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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Word Origin & History

disappear
1520s, from dis- "do the opposite of" (see dis-) + appear. Related: Disappeared; disappearing; disappears. Slang disappearing act is originally of magic shows; in figurative sense of "getting away" first attested 1913.
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