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verb (used without object)
1.
to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible: The frost vanished when the sun came out.
2.
to go away, especially 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.
verb (used with object)
5.
to cause to disappear.
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Vanishes
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noun
6.
Phonetics. the last part of a vowel sound when it differs noticeably in quality from the main sound, as the faint (ē) at the end of the (ā) in the pronunciation of pain.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English vanisshen, vanissen < Middle French evaniss-, long stem of e(s)vanir ≪ Latin ex- ex- + vānēscere to pass away, equivalent to vān(us) vain + -ēscere inchoative suffix
1275–1325; Middle English vanisshen, vanissen < Middle French evaniss-, long stem of e(s)vanir ≪ Latin ex- ex- + vānēscere to pass away, equivalent to vān(us) vain + -ēscere inchoative suffix
Related forms
van·ish·er, noun
van·ish·ing·ly, adverb
van·ish·ment, noun
non·van·ish·ing, adjective
out·van·ish, verb (used with object)
EXPANDun·van·ish·ing, adjective
COLLAPSEAntonyms
1. appear.
1. appear.
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Word Origin & History
vanish
c.1300, 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.
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