English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Appealer
(n.)
One who makes an appeal.
Appealing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Appeal
Appealing
(a.)
That appeals; imploring.
Appear
(n.)
Appearance.
Appear
(v. i.)
To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
Appear
(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.
Appear
(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 one's self as a party or advocate before a court, or as a
person to be tried.
Appear
(v. i.)
To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become
visible.
Appear
(v. i.)
To come before the public; as, a great writer appeared
at that time.
Appearance
(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.
Appearance
(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.
Appearance
(n.)
Probability; likelihood.
Appearance
(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.
Appearance
(n.)
Personal presence; exhibition of the person; look;
aspect; mien.
Appearance
(n.)
The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of
becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.
Appearance
(n.)
A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as,
an appearance in the sky.
Appeared
(imp. & p. p.)
of Appear
Appearer
(n.)
One who appears.
Appearing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Appear
Appearingly
(adv.)
Apparently.