† dispearv.
Obsolete.
intransitive. To disappear.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > be or become invisible [verb (intransitive)] > vanish or disappear
formeltc893
wendOE
witea1000
aworthc1000
fleec1200
fleetc1200
withdraw1297
vanish1303
voidc1374
unkithea1400
startc1405
disappearc1425
disparishc1425
to fall awayc1443
evanish?a1475
vade1495
sinka1500
vade1530
fly1535
fadea1538
melt?1567
dispear1600
relinquish1601
foist1603
dispersea1616
to vanish (melt, etc.) into thin aira1616
dissipate1626
retire1647
evaporate1713
merge1802
illude1820
to foam off1826
dislimn1833
furl1844
to step out1844
evanesce1855
shade1880
wisp1883
to go to the winds1884
walk1898
to do a disappearing act1913
to go west1916
to do (or take) a fade1949
to phase out1970
1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne vii. xliv. 125 All those stars on heau'ns blew face that shone,..dispeared were and gone.
1623 Bp. J. Hall Great Impostor 2 This great Impostor..dispeareth and is gone.
1647 H. More Philos. Poems i. i. li But he looks on to whom nought doth dispear.
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