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van•ish

Pronunciation: (van'ish), [key]
—v.i.
1. to disappear from sight, esp. quickly; become invisible: The frost vanished when the sun came out.
2. to go away, esp. furtively or mysteriously; disappear by quick departure: The thief vanished in the night.
3. to disappear by ceasing to exist; come to an end: The pain vanished after he took an aspirin.
4. Math.(of a number, quantity, or function) to become zero.

—v.t.
to cause to disappear.

—n.
Phonet.the last part of a vowel sound when it differs noticeably in quality from the main sound, as the faint (ē) at the end of the (ā) in the pronunciation of pain.

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