† diˈspear, v. Obs.
[f. dis- 6 + stem of appear, com-pear; see also the aphetic pear. Cf. OF. disparoir (16th c. in Godef.) or It. disparere ‘to disappeere’ (Florio). Mod.Fr. has in the present stem disparaître, disparaiss-: cf. disparish v.1 and disappear.]
intr. To disappear.
| 1600 Fairfax Tasso vii. xliv. 125 All those stars on heau'ns blew face that shone..dispeared were and gone. 1627 Bp. Hall Gt. Impostor Wks. 501 This great impostor..dispeareth and is gone. 1647 H. More Song of Soul i. i. li, But he looks on to whom nought doth dispear. |