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The position of being heir apparent.
Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.
Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.
Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the apparent motion or diameter of the sun.
An heir apparent.
Visibly.
Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.
Seemingly; in appearance; as, a man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart.
Plainness to the eye or the mind; visibleness; obviousness.
The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a phantom.
The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; -- opposed to occultation.
Pertaining to an apparition or to apparitions; spectral.
Formerly, an officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders.
A messenger or officer who serves the process of an ecclesiastical court.
A hand open and extended so as to show the palm.
To pay; to satisfy or appease.
To impeach; to accuse; to asperse; to inform against; to reproach.
An accuser.