VAN'ISH, L. vanesco, vanus, vain, or its root Eng. to wane. The primary sense is to withdraw or depart.
1. To disappear to pass from a visible to an invisible state as, vapor vanishes from the sight by being dissipated. Light vanishes, when the rays of the illuminating body are intercepted darkness vanishes before the rising sun.
2. To disappear to pass beyond the limit of vision as, a ship vanishes from the sight of spectators on land.
3. To disappear to pass away to be annihilated or lost. How cheering is the well founded hope of enjoying delights which can never vanish!