Appear Synonyms & Definitions

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• AppearDefinition & Meaning in English

(v. i.) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
(v. i.) To come before the public; as, a great writer appeared at that time.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
(v. i.) To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like; to present ones self as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried.
(n.) Appearance.

• AppearanceDefinition & Meaning in English

(n.) The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, either by himself or by his attorney, expressed by a formal entry by the proper officer to that effect; the act or proceeding by which a party proceeded against places himself before the court, and submits to its jurisdiction.
(n.) The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.
(n.) A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky.
(n.) The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character; as, a person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator.
(n.) Personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect; mien.
(n.) Semblance, or apparent likeness; external show. pl. Outward signs, or circumstances, fitted to make a particular impression or to determine the judgment as to the character of a person or a thing, an act or a state; as, appearances are against him.
(n.) Probability; likelihood.