vanish.
To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed.
Meaning & usage
To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed.
To become equal to zero.
The function f such as f(x)#61;x² vanishes at x#61;0.
To disappear; to kidnap.
Where this word comes from
Aphetic for obsolete evanish, from Middle English evanisshen, esvanisshen, from Old French esvanir, esvaniss- (modern French évanouir), from Vulgar Latin *exvanire (“to vanish, disappear, to fade out”), from Latin ēvānēscō, ēvānēscere, from vānus (“empty”). By surface analysis, Latin vān- + -ish (“verb suffix”). Doublet of evanesce. Displaced native Old English cwincan, whose causative persists as quench (“put out (fire)”).
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.
A magic trick in which something seems to disappear.
The French drop is a well-known vanish involving sleight of hand.
A disappearance; a vanishment.
Where this word comes from
Aphetic for obsolete evanish, from Middle English evanisshen, esvanisshen, from Old French esvanir, esvaniss- (modern French évanouir), from Vulgar Latin *exvanire (“to vanish, disappear, to fade out”), from Latin ēvānēscō, ēvānēscere, from vānus (“empty”). By surface analysis, Latin vān- + -ish (“verb suffix”). Doublet of evanesce. Displaced native Old English cwincan, whose causative persists as quench (“put out (fire)”).
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