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appear (iou)



appear verb & noun. ME.
[Old French aper- tonic stem of apareir (mod. apparoir) from Latin apparere, from ad AP-1 + parere come into view.]
A. verb intrans.
Come into view, as from concealment, or from a distance; become visible; become evident. ME.
Bible (AV): Luke 1:11 There appeared vnto him an Angel of the Lord. C. S. Forester A row of four or five swarthy faces had appeared at the stern of the galley. P. A. Scholes When he was about thirty the first signs of deafness appeared. A. Koestler Hipparchus..had seen a new star appear in the sky. B. Malamud Then one day..there appeared a sign in the empty store window.
Be visible; be displayed; be located, occur; manifest itself (as). LME.
D. H. Lawrence A wide plate-glass door,..in the round arch of which the words: 'Manchester House' should appear large and distinguished. C. Caudwell In him the revolt of the heart against reason appears as the revolt of the hero against circumstance. R. V. Jones It was no artefact for it appeared on two separate photographs.
Present oneself formally before an authority; come before a court etc. Also, act as legal representative for someone. LME.
Steele Many..are known to have Ill-will to him for whom I appear. E. Waugh Bound over to appear in a week's time. J. le Carre I supposed he didn't want any mud raked up by Mundt appearing at the Old Bailey.
Present oneself publicly; put in an appearance. LME.
D. du Maurier 'You can't possibly not appear' 'No.., I'm not coming down. I can't face them.' S. Hill Kathleen did not appear to tea, and Isabel was sent in search of her.
b. spec. Come before the public as an author. L17.
appear in print: see PRINT noun.
c. Be published, be issued, become available. E18.
E. Waugh Many years later, there appeared the first massive volume of his..work on Byzantine Art. E. F. Schumacher The existence of 'goods' which never appear on the market.
d. spec. Come before the public as an actor, performer, participant in a broadcast, etc. E18.
A. Jacobs Italian tenor who..appeared in Britain from 1902, U.S.A. from 1903. A. S. Byatt I think he will ask you to appear on his programme. Encyclopedia Britannica Garrick appeared..in Thomas Southerne's Oroonoko as Aboan, a noble savage.
Be clear or evident to the understanding; be manifest. LME.
Shakespeare Merchant of Venice It doth appear you are a worthy judge. Milton Our greatness will appear Then most conspicuous.
(In some uses as copular verb.) Seem to the mind, be perceived as, be considered; seem outwardly or superficially (but not be in reality). Foll. by to be, to do, that, as if, as though. Also impers. with it. LME.
appear in the light of: see LIGHT noun.
D. Hume Solely, as it appears, for what you believe to be for our advantage. J. Tyndall Raindrops which descend vertically appear to meet us when we move swiftly. T. Hardy Oak, not to appear unnecessarily disagreeable, stayed a little while. H. French They appear as though they had been written in red. G. Orwell He caught a glimpse of the girl,..at the far end of the room. She appeared not to have seen him. Harper Lee He could..appear tall if height was part of the devilry required. D. Storey If you must appear the busy executive, you must. S. Barstow It appears they live in Essex and this is the first time they've stayed on the Yorkshire coast.
b. noun. Appearance. rare. E17.
appearer noun E17.
appearingly adverb (obsolete exc. dial.) (a) visibly; (b) apparently: LME.