vaniish Meaning, Definition & Usage

Vani"ish intransitive verb

Etymology

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.

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Vanished ; present participle & verbal noun Vanishing

Definitions

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.