appear

Meaning

Verb

  • To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
  • To come before the public.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
  • To bring into view.

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Origin

  • From Middle English apperen, aperen, borrowed from Old French aparoir (French apparoir, apparaître), from Latin appāreō ("I appear"), from ad + pāreō.

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