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disapparate

disapparate verb: to disappear magically.

Verb

disapparate (third-person singular simple present disapparates, present participle disapparating, simple past and past participle disapparated)

  1. (intransitive) To disappear magically.
    • But again, over time and over many, many pages this scenario fails to chill: most of the “muggle” population goes about its ordinary existence, and every time the secret police close in, our heroes are able to “disapparate” — a term that always makes me think of an attempt at English by George W....2007 August 12, Christopher Hitchens, “Harry Potter: The Boy Who Lived”, in New York Times
    • Even without Alastair Campbell's assistance, a visiting idealist can see that the simplest thing John Prescott could do, to help secure a fourth term for Labour, would be to disapparate, taking his fellow revenants with him.2009 February 1, Catherine Bennett, “Does Labour really think John Prescott is the new Obama?”, in The Guardian
    Antonyms:
    reapparate

Antonyms of disapparate

Forms of disapparate

third-person singular presentdisapparates
present participledisapparating
past participledisapparated
pastdisapparated

Origin of disapparate

A negative back-formation from apparition, coined by J. K. Rowling.

Questions about disapparate

What does disapparate mean?
Disapparate means to disappear magically.
What part of speech is disapparate?
Disapparate is a verb.
What is the past tense of disapparate?
The past tense of disapparate is disapparated.

Words near disapparate in the dictionary

  1. DiSanto
  2. DiSantos
  3. disapointed
  4. disaposin
  5. disaposins
  6. disapparate
  7. disapparated
  8. disapparates
  9. disapparating
  10. disapparel
  11. disapparelled

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