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/vˈænɪʃ/ Listen

verb

Vanish v. i. (past & past part. vanished; pres. part. vanishing)

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." "Go; vanish into air; away!" "The champions vanished from their posts with the speed of lightning." "Gliding from the twilight past to vanish among realities."

To be annihilated or lost; to pass away. "All these delights will vanish."

noun

Vanish n. (Phon.) The brief terminal part of a 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. Note: The vanish is included by Mr. Bell under the general term glide.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Vanish" Quotes from Famous Books

... slave religions that teach submission to their masters, but risen and regnant in the consciousness of their common inheritance and right in the earth and its fullness, of which they are the makers and preservers, then will the antagonisms and devastations of classes vanish forever, and the peace of good ...

— The Red Conspiracy • Joseph J. Mereto

... veil not wholly Thy pale crescent from the morn! Vanish not, O virgin goddess, With that ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... did; But answer made it none: yet once methought It lifted up its head and did address Itself to motion, like as it would speak; But even then the morning cock crew loud, And at the sound it shrunk in haste away, And vanish'd from our sight. ...

— McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader • William Holmes McGuffey

... from crystal-bright imageries to nebulous shapes at once dark and terrifying, that the first intimation she received of Robert Fenley's approach was his stertorous breathing. From a rapid walk he had broken into a jog trot when he saw Trenholme vanish over the wall. Of late he seldom walked or rode a horse, and he was slightly out of condition, so his heavy face was flushed and perspiring, and his utterance somewhat labored when the girl turned ...

— The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley • Louis Tracy

... in the operation. I also assert that, in the course of time, thanks to the ingenious machinery of habit, many people become spoilers without knowing it or wishing it. Monopolies of this kind are begotten by fraud and nurtured by error. They vanish only before the light. ...

— Sophisms of the Protectionists • Frederic Bastiat

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