- OE. vanissen, OF. vanirin comp.): cf. OF. envaniresvaniresvanuïr, F. s'évanouir; fr. L. vanus empty, vain; cf. L. vanescereevanescere, to vanish. See Vain, and cf. Evanescent,-ish
- 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.Go; vanish into air; away!The champions vanished from their posts with the speed of lightning.Gliding from the twilight past to vanish among realities.
- To be annihilated or lost; to pass away.All these delights willvanish.
