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Webster 1913 Edition
Disappear
Disˊap-pear′
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Disappeared
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Disappearing
.] 1.
To cease to appear or to be perceived; to pass from view, gradually or suddenly; to vanish; to be no longer seen;
as, darkness
disappears
at the approach of light; a ship disappears
as she sails from port.2.
To cease to be or exist;
as, the epidemic has
. disappeared
Webster 1828 Edition
Disappear
DISAPPEAR
,Verb.
I.
1.
To vanish from the sight; to recede from the view; to become invisible by vanishing or departing, or by being enveloped in any thing that conceals, or by the interposition of an object. Darkness disappears at the access of light, and light disappears at the approach of darkness. A ship disappears by departure to a distance; the sun disappears in a fog, or behind a cloud, or in setting.2.
To cease; as, the epidemic has disappeared.3.
To withdraw from observation. The debtor disappears when he absconds.Definition 2024
disappear
disappear
English
Verb
disappear (third-person singular simple present disappears, present participle disappearing, simple past and past participle disappeared)
- (intransitive) To vanish.
- (transitive) To make vanish.
- 1973, Joseph Heller, “38 Kid Sister”, in Catch 22: A Dramatization (Fiction), Delacorte Press:
- "Did they disappear him?" / "I don’t know." / "What will you do if they decide to disappear you?"
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- (intransitive) To go away; to become lost.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 8, in The Celebrity:
- I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields […] . And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, […] . My client welcomed the judge […] and they disappeared together into the Ethiopian card-room, which was filled with the assegais and exclamation point shields Mr. Cooke had had made at the sawmill at Beaverton.
- 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:
- A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff. These properties were known to have belonged to a toddy drawer. He had disappeared.
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Synonyms
- (to vanish): dematerialize, vanish
Antonyms
- (to vanish): appear
Related terms
Translations
to vanish
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to make vanish
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