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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Vanish

/(văn"ĭsh)/ · Van·ish · IPA /ˈvænɪʃ/
01 v. i. 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 dissipa…
imp. & p. p. Vanished; p. pr. & vb. n. Vanishing
  1. 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. 2.
    To be annihilated or lost; to pass away.
02 n. 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 …
  1. 1.
    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.(Phon.)