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vanish'd

vanish'd is the simple past and past participle of vanish.

Meaning of vanish

Verb

vanish (third-person singular simple present vanishes, present participle vanishing, simple past and past participle vanished)

  1. (intransitive) To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed.
    • Holly, mistletoe, red berries, ivy, turkeys, geese, game, poultry, brawn, meat, pigs, sausages, oysters, pies, puddings, fruit, and punch, all vanished instantly.1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Three. The Second of the Three Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. […], London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, pages 79–80
  2. To become equal to zero.
    • The function f such as f(x)#61;x² vanishes at x#61;0.
  3. (transitive) To disappear; to kidnap.
    • And as if to prove it, one of his friends was vanished and was never seen again. The guy got in a taxi one night, and no one ever saw him ever again.2011, Patrick Meaney, Our Sentence Is Up: Seeing Grant Morrison's the Invisibles, Sequart, →ISBN, page 330

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Questions about vanish'd

What is vanish'd the simple past and past participle of?
Vanish'd is the simple past and past participle of vanish.

Words near vanish'd in the dictionary

  1. vanin
  2. vanins
  3. Vanir
  4. vanish
  5. vanish to the four winds
  6. vanish'd
  7. vanishable
  8. vanished
  9. vanished to the four winds
  10. vanisher
  11. vanishers

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