'Vanish' definitions:

Definition of 'vanish'

verb

Get lost, as without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace" [syn: disappear, vanish, go away] [ant: appear]

verb

Become invisible or unnoticeable; "The effect vanished when day broke" [syn: vanish, disappear, go away]

verb

Pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him" [syn: fly, fell, vanish]

verb

Cease to exist; "An entire civilization vanished" [syn: vanish, disappear] [ant: appear, come along]

verb

Decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized" [syn: vanish, fly, vaporize]

From: GCIDE

Vanish \Van"ish\ (v[a^]n"[i^]sh), 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. --Rush. [1913 Webster]
Note: The vanish is included by Mr. Bell under the general term glide. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Vanish \Van"ish\ (v[a^]n"[i^]sh), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Vanished (v[a^]n"[i^]sht); 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.] [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
The horse vanished . . . out of sight. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Go; vanish into air; away! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The champions vanished from their posts with the speed of lightning. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Gliding from the twilight past to vanish among realities. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
2. To be annihilated or lost; to pass away. "All these delights will vanish." --Milton. [1913 Webster]