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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vanish \Van"ish\, n. (Phon.)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vanish \Van"ish\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Vanished}; p. pr & vb
n. {Vanishing}.] [OE. vanissen OF vanir (in comp.): cf OF
envanir esvanir esvanu["i]r, F. s'['e]vanouir; 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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
vanish
v 1: get lost, esp. without warning or explanation; "He
disappeared without a trace" [syn: {disappear}, {go away}]
[ant: {appear}]
2: become invisible or unnoticeable; "The effect vanished when
day broke [syn: {disappear}, {go away}]
3: pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing
beneath him" [syn: {fly}, {fell}]
4: cease to exist; "An entire civilization vanished" [syn: {disappear}]
[ant: {appear}]
5: decrease rapidly, as of money [syn: {fly}]
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