evanish
Americanverb (used without object)
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to vanish; disappear.
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to cease to be.
verb
Other Word Forms
- evanishment noun
Etymology
Origin of evanish
1300–50; Middle English evanisshen < Middle French esvaniss-, extended stem of esvanir. See e- 1, evanesce, vanish
Example Sentences
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From Inc
Evanish, e-van′ish, v.i. to vanish: to die away.—ns.
From Project Gutenberg
“Let me tell out my tale to its ending—my voice to my heart Which can scarce dare believe in what marvels last night I took part, As this morning I gather the fragments, alone with my sheep, And still fear lest the terrible glory evanish like sleep!”
From Project Gutenberg
Let me tell out my tale to its ending—my voice to my heart, Which can scarce dare believe in what marvels last night I took part, As this morning I gather the fragments, alone with my sheep, And still fear lest the terrible glory evanish like sleep!
From Project Gutenberg
Such visions, when gazed on in that wondrous depth and purity on a still slow-moving day, always inspire some such feeling as this; and we sigh to think how transitory must be all things, when the setting sun is seen to sink behind the mountain, and all the golden pomp at the same instant to evanish from the Loch.
From Project Gutenberg
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