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Pronunciation : Van"ish
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. vanissen, OF. vanir (in comp.): cf. OF. envanir, esvanir, esvanu?r, F. s'?vanouir; fr. L. vanus empty, vain; cf. L. vanescere, evanescere, to vanish. See Vain, and cf. Evanescent,-ish.]
Definition : 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. To be annihilated or lost; to pass away. "All these delights will vanish." Milton.

i. [imp. & p. p. Vanished; p. pr. & vb. n. Vanishing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Van"ish
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: The brief terminal part of 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.

Note: The vanish is included by Mr. Bell under the general term glide.

(Phon.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913