Past tense of vanish, meaning to disappear suddenly and completely from sight or existence. It implies a rapid or mysterious disappearance.
From Old French 'esvanir' meaning 'to disappear', derived from Latin 'evanescere' (to fade away). The 'v' was added in English through association with words like 'banish', creating the modern form by the 14th century.
The word shares its root with 'evanescent', meaning fleeting or fading away quickly. Magicians have historically used 'vanish' as a technical term - a 'vanish' is specifically a trick where an object disappears, as opposed to a 'production' where something appears from nothing.
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