vanish

verb

disappear

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈvænɪʃ/

noun

Etymology: Aphetic for obsolete evanish, from Middle English vanyshen, evaneschen, from Old French esvanir, esvaniss- (modern French évanouir), from Vulgar Latin *exvanire (“to vanish, disappear, to fade out”), from Latin evanescere, from vanus (“empty”). By surface analysis, Latin van- + -ish (“verb suffix”). Doublet of evanesce. Displaced native Old English cwincan, whose causative persists as quench (“put out (fire)”).

The brief terminal part of a vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part.
“a as in ale ordinarily ends with a vanish of i as in ill.”
“o as in old ordinarily ends with a vanish of oo as in foot.”
A magic trick in which something seems to disappear.
“The French drop is a well-known vanish involving sleight of hand.”
A disappearance; a vanishment.

verb

To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed.
“Holly, mistletoe, red berries, ivy, turkeys, geese, game, poultry, brawn, meat, pigs, sausages, oysters, pies, puddings, fruit, and punch, all vanished instantly.”
“The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.”
To become equal to zero.
“The function f such as f(x)#61;x² vanishes at x#61;0.”
To disappear; to kidnap.
“And as if to prove it, one of his friends was vanished and was never seen again. The guy got in a taxi one night, and no one ever saw him ever again.”
“It was whispered that men had been “vanished” by the Line and returned everted. Turned inside out.”