GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 2 definitions

1.       
   Vanish (vănˈĭsh), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Vanished (vănˈĭsht); p. pr. & vb. n. Vanishing.] [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.]
   
   [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]
   
   
         
       

2.       
   Vanish (vănˈĭsh), 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]
   
   ☞ The vanish is included by Mr. Bell under the general term glide.
   
   [1913 Webster]