Vanish (văn&ibreve_;sh), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Vanished (văn&ibreve_;sht); 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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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.
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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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2. To be annihilated or lost; to pass away. “All these delights will vanish.” Milton.
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