(ˌ)dāsə(ˌ)pärəˈsēd.ō, (ˌ)de- noun
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Etymology: Spanish, literally, disappeared, past participle of desaparecer to disappear, from des- dis- (I) (from Latin) + aparecer to appear, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin apparescere , incho. of Latin apparēre to be visible, appear — more at appear
: an Argentine citizen who has been abducted and usually murdered by right-wing terrorists