evanishv.
/ɪˈvanɪʃ/ 1. intransitive. To vanish out of sight, disappear from view:
a. of objects present to the eye.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > be or become invisible [verb (intransitive)] > vanish or disappear
formeltc893
wendOE
witea1000
aworthc1000
fleec1200
fleetc1200
withdraw1297
vanish1303
voidc1374
unkithea1400
startc1405
disappearc1425
disparishc1425
to fall awayc1443
evanish?a1475
vade1495
sinka1500
vade1530
fly1535
fadea1538
melt?1567
dispear1600
relinquish1601
foist1603
dispersea1616
to vanish (melt, etc.) into thin aira1616
dissipate1626
retire1647
evaporate1713
merge1802
illude1820
to foam off1826
dislimn1833
furl1844
to step out1844
evanesce1855
shade1880
wisp1883
to go to the winds1884
walk1898
to do a disappearing act1913
to go west1916
to do (or take) a fade1949
to phase out1970
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 370 Then Criste euaneschede awey.
c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Bvv Thay [sc. heryings] be now euanist for offence that is maid aganis sum sanct.
1754 T. Melvil in Philos. Trans. 1753 (Royal Soc.) 48 268 A satellite, seen from the earth, ought to change its colour..and at last evanish in violet.
1810 A. Wilson Foresters in Port Folio III. 160 At last the path evanishes from view.
1880 R. Browning Muléykeh in Dramatic Idyls 99 And a leap indeed gave she, and evanished for ever more.
b. of objects present only to the mind.
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > recollect wrongly [verb (intransitive)] > escape the memory, be forgotten
slipa1340
to move of (also out of) mind?a1525
evanish1603
sink1603
elapse1762
1603 King James VI & I Basilicon Doron (1944) I. iii. 163 The people..will conceiue præ-occupied conceits of the Kings inward intention: whiche although with time..it will evanishe [1598 uanishe], by the evidence of the contrarie effectes, yet interim patitur iustus.
1604 W. Alexander Aurora li My happinesse evanish'd with the sleepe.
1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iii. iv. 54 And Cares evanish like a Morning Dream.
a1813 A. Wilson Poems & Lit. Prose (1876) II. 232 When all these evanish'd and horror distress'd me.
2. To vanish out of existence; to die away; to become dissipated or dispelled: said of both material and immaterial objects. Also with away.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > be non-existent [verb (intransitive)] > end or cease to exist
tirec725
endOE
forfareOE
goc1175
fleec1200
to wend awayc1225
diea1240
to-melta1240
to pass awaya1325
flit1340
perishc1350
vanisha1375
decorre1377
cease1382
dispend1393
failc1400
overshakec1425
surcease1439
adrawc1450
fall1523
decease1538
define1562
fleet1576
expire1595
evanish1597
extinguish1599
extirp1606
disappear1623
evaporatea1631
trans-shift1648
annihilate1656
exolve1657
cancela1667
to pass off1699
to burn out, forth1832
spark1845
to die out1853
to come, go, etc. by the board1859
sputter1964
1597 P. Lowe Art Chirurg. (1634) 84 That [Carbuncle] which appeareth and evanisheth away, is mortall.
1604 King James VI & I Counterblaste to Tobacco sig. C3v All his members shall become feeble..and in the end..he shall euanish in a Lethargie.
1629 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. iv. 44 A star, which going out of our sight, doth not die and evanish, but shineth in another hemisphere.
1639 J. Corbet Ungirding Sc. Armour 6 If hee [the king] at the beginning had showne himselfe like a blazing Star, you had all evanished as smoak.
1790 H. Boyd Ruins of Athens in Poet. Reg. (1806–7) 75 Th' imperial bubble..breaks Spontaneous, or..Evanishes to nothing.
1830 Ld. Tennyson Poems 77 When thy light perisheth..Our life evanisheth.
1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes ii. 158 Servius holds..that the legacy evanishes if at the time it vests the legatee be still in potestate.
Derivatives
eˈvanished adj. that has vanished, in senses of the verb.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [adjective] > no longer existent
ceased1556
vanished1594
deada1616
no morea1616
defunct1741
evanished1829
inextant1831
the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > [adjective] > forgotten
out of memorya1275
of minda1325
out of mindc1325
forlainc1330
unrememberedc1425
oblivious1535
forgotten1600
unretained1666
unrecollected1733
unrecalled1742
buried1806
evanished1829
unmemoried1829
unrevived1877
spark out1882
1829 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Mag. 26 544 It hangs in the abyss of the evanish'd lake.
a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) I. 204 When..convalescence has made its [sc. the imagination's] chilled and evanished figures and landscape bud, blossom, and live in scarlet, green, and snowy white.
1853 G. Tate in Johnston Nat. Hist. E. Bord. I. 297 We shall now describe the forms of evanished animal life.
eˈvanishing n. the action of evanish v.; an instance of the same.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [noun] > vanishing or disappearing
vanishingc1405
vading1570
disparition1597
disappearing1610
disparence1617
disappearance1625
discharge1626
evaporating1630
evanishing1633
vanish1650
disapparition1657
evanescency1664
evanescence1751
mizzle1789
evanitiona1797
evanishment1797
evaporation1824
occultation1825
vanishment1831
furling1836
disappearing trick1870
disappearing act1884
fade-away1911
fade-out1924
1633 W. Struther True Happines 38 The first is a vacuitie; the second is a weaknesse; and the third an evanishing.
1797 W. Scott in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 99 After the evanishing of the deer.
1872 M. Collins Two Plunges for Pearl II. x. 176 Ianthe's evanishing caused the Earl of Chessington to be more in love than ever.
eˈvanishing adj. that vanishes or disappears.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [adjective] > vanishing or disappearing
vanishing1434
formelting1606
disparent1617
evanishing1629
disappearing1646
deliquescent1815
relinquent1884
1629 A. Symmer Spirituall Posie i. i. 7 That evanishing shadow of seeming Charity.
a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 222 Riches being momentary and evanishing.
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 July 1/1 He has pursued the rapidly evanishing phantom of a Home Rule majority.
eˈvanishment n. the action of evanishing, the fact of having evanished, disappearance.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [noun] > vanishing or disappearing
vanishingc1405
vading1570
disparition1597
disappearing1610
disparence1617
disappearance1625
discharge1626
evaporating1630
evanishing1633
vanish1650
disapparition1657
evanescency1664
evanescence1751
mizzle1789
evanitiona1797
evanishment1797
evaporation1824
occultation1825
vanishment1831
furling1836
disappearing trick1870
disappearing act1884
fade-away1911
fade-out1924
1797 A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl III. iv. 112 On the evanishment of her ducal vision.
1836 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney II. i. 29 I contented myself with watching the evanishment of my bright star from the sphere which she adorned and illuminated.
1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. III. vii. 83 May my evanishment for evermore Help further to relieve the heart.
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