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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.