Part 552

<blockquote>I'll draw it [the sword] as <b>apparent</b> to the crown. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Apparently</h1> <Xpage=71>

<hw>Ap*par"ent*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Visibly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Hobbes.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.</def>

<blockquote>If he should scorn me so <b>apparently</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Seemingly; in appearance; <as>as, a man may be <ex>apparently</ex> friendly, yet malicious in heart</as>.</def>

<h1>Apparentness</h1> <Xpage=71>

<hw>Ap*par"ent*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Plainness to the eye or the mind; visibleness; obviousness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sherwood.</i>

<h1>Apparition</h1> <Xpage=71>

<hw>Ap`pa*ri"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>apparition</ets>, L. <ets>apparitio</ets>, fr. <ets>apparere</ets>. See <er>Appear</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>The sudden <b>apparition</b> of the Spaniards. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>apparition</b> of Lawyer Clippurse occasioned much speculation in that portion of the world. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.</def>

<blockquote>Which <b>apparition</b>, it seems, was you. <i>Tatler.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a phantom.</def> "The heavenly bands . . . a glorious <i>apparition</i>."

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>I think it is the weakness of mine eyes

<blockquote>That shapes this monstrous <b>apparition</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; -- opposed to <i>occultation</i>.</def>

<cs><col>Circle of perpetual apparition</col>. <cd>See under <er>Circle</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Apparitional</h1> <Xpage=71>

<hw>Ap`pa*ri"tion*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to an apparition or to apparitions; spectral.</def> "An <i>apparitional</i> soul."

<i>Tylor.</i>

<h1>Apparitor</h1> <Xpage=71>

<hw>Ap*par"i*tor</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>apparere</ets>. See <er>Appear</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Formerly, an officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders.</def>