Vanish Definition

vănĭsh

vanished, vanishes

verb

vanished, vanishes

To go or pass suddenly from sight; disappear.

Webster's New World

To pass out of existence.

When the dinosaurs vanished from the earth.

American Heritage

To cease to exist; come to an end.

Webster's New World

To become zero.

Webster's New World

To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed.

Wiktionary

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noun

vanishes

The faint last part of any of certain diphthongs, as the sound like a faint (ē) ending the diphthong in boy.

Webster's New World

(phonetics) The brief terminal part of a vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part.

A as in ale ordinarily ends with a vanish of i as in ill.

O as in old ordinarily ends with a vanish of oo as in foot.

Wiktionary

Origin of Vanish

Middle English vanisshen alteration of Old French esvanir esvaniss- from Vulgar Latin exvanīre alteration of Latin ēvānēscere ē-, ex- ex- vānēscere to vanish (from vānus empty euə- in Indo-European roots)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Aphetic for obsolete evanish, from Middle English, from Old French esvanir, esvaniss- (French évanouir), Vulgar Latin evanescere, from vanus (“empty")

From Wiktionary