disappear
verbEtymology
From Middle English disapeeren, equivalent to dis- + appear. Displaced native Old English fordwīnan. Displaced native Old English cwincan, whose causative persists as quench (“put out (fire)”).
- inherited from disapeeren
Definitions
To vanish.
To go missing
To go missing; to become a missing person.
- Eighteen years after Jaycee Dugard disappeared in 1991, she was found alive in the summer of 2009.
To go away
To go away; to become lost.
- 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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To make vanish
To make vanish; especially, to abduct or murder for political reasons.
- The Chinese government is well-known for disappearing particularly vocal political dissidents.
- "Did they disappear him?" "I don’t know." "What will you do if they decide to disappear you?"
- Now a new hunt is under way to find a grave believed to contain the remains of some of those who were “disappeared” at Colonia Dignidad.
The neighborhood
- neighbordisappearance
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at disappear. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at disappear. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at disappear
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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