Part 555

<blockquote>It doth not yet <b>appear</b> what we shall be. <i>1 John iii. 2.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Of their vain contest <b>appeared</b> no end. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.</def>

<blockquote>They disfigure their faces, that they may <b>appear</b> unto men to fast. <i>Matt. vi. 16.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To seem; look. See <er>Seem</er>.</syn>

<h1>Appear</h1> <Xpage=71>

<hw>Ap*pear"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Appearance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>J. Fletcher.</i>

<h1>Appearance</h1> <Xpage=71>

<hw>Ap*pear"ance</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>apparence</ets>, L. <ets>apparentia</ets>, fr. <ets>apparere</ets>. See <er>Appear</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; <as>as, his sudden <ex>appearance</ex> surprised me</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; <as>as, an <ex>appearance</ex> in the sky</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect; mien.</def>

<blockquote>And now am come to see . . . It thy <b>appearance</b> answer loud report. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Semblance, or apparent likeness; external show. <pluf>pl.</pluf> 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>as, <ex>appearances</ex> are against him</as>.</def>

<blockquote> There was upon the tabernacle, as it were, the <b>appearance</b> of fire. <i>Num. ix. 15.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>For man looketh on the outward <b>appearance</b>. <i>1 Sam. xvi. 7.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Judge not according to the <b>appearance</b>. <i>John. vii. 24.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>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>as, a person makes his <ex>appearance</ex> as an historian, an artist, or an orator</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Will he now retire, After <b>appearance</b>, and again prolong Our expectation? <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Probability; likelihood.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>There is that which hath no <b>appearance</b>. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<i>Burrill.</i> <i>Bouvier</i>. <i>Daniell.</i>

<cs><col>To put in an appearance</col>, <cd>to be present; to appear in person.</cd> -- <col>To save appearances</col>, <cd>to preserve a fair outward show.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Coming; arrival; presence; semblance; pretense; air; look; manner; mien; figure; aspect.</syn>

<h1>Appearer</h1> <Xpage=71>

<hw>Ap*pear"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who appears.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>