Antonyms for vanish


Grammar : Verb
Spell : van-ish
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvæn ɪʃ


Definition of vanish

Origin :
  • c.1300, from shortened form of stem of Old French esvanir "disappear," from Vulgar Latin *exvanire, from Latin evanescere "disappear, die out," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + vanescere "vanish," from vanus "empty" (see vain). Related: Vanished; vanishing. Vanishing point in perspective drawing is recorded from 1797.
  • verb disappear
Example sentences :
  • And now they all vanish in a puff of smoke from the chimney.
  • Extract from : « Old Ticonderoga, A Picture of The Past » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • If it is a town, it is one of those towns that vanish, like a city of tents.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • There things may come and go, rise and vanish—he neither desires nor bemoans them.
  • Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
  • I must vanish from your life, be gone as completely as though I had never entered it.
  • Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
  • The crew held their breaths as if the apparition might vanish as suddenly as it appeared.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • Surely all my dreams were not to vanish like the mist of the morning!
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • It came on me when I hollered to him, and, as a result of it, saw him vanish like a ghost.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Wou'd to God it may prove false, and that it may vanish like the dew of the morning.
  • Extract from : « The Fall of British Tyranny » by John Leacock
  • What if I am lost in the alcoves of the hills, if I vanish forever in the night?
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • Why should they not dash across that field and vanish in the thicket?
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for vanish

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