Vanish /(văn"ĭsh)/

imp. & p. p. Vanished; p. pr. & vb. n. Vanishing

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.

   Go; vanish into air; away!

   The champions vanished from their posts with the speed of lightning.

   Gliding from the twilight past to vanish among realities.

2. To be annihilated or lost; to pass away.

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.)