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   Vanish , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Vanished ; 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.]
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   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.
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   The horse vanished . . . out of sight.
   Chaucer.
   
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   Go; vanish into air; away!
   Shak.
   
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   The champions vanished from their posts with the speed of lightning.
   Sir W. Scott.
   
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   Gliding from the twilight past to vanish among realities.
   Hawthorne.
   
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   To be annihilated or lost; to pass away. “All these delights will vanish.”
   Milton.
   
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   Vanish , 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.
   
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   ☞ The vanish is included by Mr. Bell under the general term glide.
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