Part 551

<hw>Ap*par"el</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Appareled</er>, or <er>Apparelled</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Appareling</er>, or <er>Apparelling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>apareiller</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make or get (something) ready; to prepare.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.</def>

<blockquote>Ships . . . <b>appareled</b> to fight. <i>Hayward.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To dress or clothe; to attire.</def>

<blockquote>They which are gorgeously <b>appareled</b>, and live delicately, are in kings' courts. <i>Luke vii. 25.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental; to deck; to embellish; <as>as, trees <ex>appareled</ex> with flowers, or a garden with verdure</as>.</def>

<blockquote><b>Appareled</b> in celestial light. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Ap*par"ence</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>aparence</ets>.]</ety> <def>Appearance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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<hw>Ap*par"en*cy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Appearance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Apparentness; state of being apparent.</def>

<i>Coleridge.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The position of being heir apparent.</def>

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<hw>Ap*par"ent</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>apparent</ets>, L. <ets>apparens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>apparere</ets>. See <er>Appear</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.</def>

<blockquote>The moon . . . <b>apparent</b> queen. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.</def>

<blockquote>It is <b>apparent</b> foul play. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, <i>true</i> or <i>real</i>); seeming; as the <i>apparent</i> motion or diameter of the sun.</def>

<blockquote>To live on terms of civility, and even of <b>apparent</b> friendship. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>What Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by astronomers called <b>apparent</b> magnitude. <i>Reid.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Apparent horizon</col>, <cd>the circle which in a level plain bounds our view, and is formed by the apparent meeting of the earth and heavens, as distinguished from the <i>rational<i> horizon.</cd> -- <col>Apparent time</col>. <cd>See <er>Time</er>.</cd> -- <col>Heir apparent</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>one whose to an estate is indefeasible if he survives the ancestor; -- in distinction from <i>presumptive heir<i>. See <er>Presumptive</er>.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Visible; distinct; plain; obvious; clear; certain; evident; manifest; indubitable; notorious.</syn>

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<hw>Ap*par"ent</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An heir apparent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>