Category:Vanish

Van"ish, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Vanished; p. pr. & vb. n. Vanishing.] Etym: [oe. vanissen, of. vanir (in comp.): cf. Of. envanir, esvanir, Esvanuïr, f. s'évanouir; 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.

Vanish Van"ish, n. (phon.)

Defn: 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.