disappearance

[Pref. dis, and Eng. ap pearance (q. v.).] 1. The act or proce of disappearing; a vanishing from sight. 2. The act of ceasing to exist. "They are such as are not likely to be remembered a moment after their disappearance ." - Add is on : Spectator , No. 317. dis ap-peared, pa.par. [DISAPPEAR.] pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, disappearing dis-ap-pear-lig, pr. par., a. & 8. [DISAPPEAR.] A. As pr. par.: (See the verb.) B. As adjective : invisible. 1. Ord. Lang.: Vanishing from sight, becoming 2. Bot .: Deliquescent, branched, but so divided that the principal axis is lost sight of in the ramifications; as the head of an oak tree. ( Lindley .) C. As subst.. The same as DISAPPEARANCE (q. v.) "The frequent absences and disappear ings of the heav. enly bodies." -Coventry: Philemon to Hydaspes, Conv. 3. dis-ap-pěn-den-cỹ, s. [Pref. dis, and Eng appendency (q. v.).] A separation or detachment from a former connection.