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Appear
//əˈpɪə// verb
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible. intransitive
"And God[…]said, Let[…]the dry land appear."
- 2 come into sight or view wordnet
- 3 To come before the public. intransitive
"A great writer appeared at that time."
- 4 come into being or existence, or appear on the scene wordnet
- 5 To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, etc.; to present oneself as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried. intransitive
"We must all appear before the judgment seat."
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- 6 be issued or published wordnet
- 7 To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest. intransitive
"It doth not yet appear what we shall be."
- 8 appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc. wordnet
- 9 To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look. copulative, intransitive
"He appeared quite happy with the result."
- 10 give a certain impression of being something or having a certain aspect wordnet
- 11 To bring into view transitive
"[Angelo] is yet a devil / His filth within being cast, he would appear / A pond as deep as hell."
- 12 (of a proposition) seem to be true, probable, or apparent wordnet
- 13 present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English apperen, aperen, borrowed from Old French aparoir (French apparoir), from Latin appāreō (“I appear”), from ad (“to”) + pāreō (“I come forth, I become visible”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-s- (“watch, see”), s-present of *peh₂- (“protect”).
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