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1. (n.) apparition
a ghostly appearance of a person or thing.
2. apparition
something making a remarkable or incongruous appearance.
3. apparition
an act of becoming visible; appearance.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME apparicio(u)n < AF, OF < LL appāritiō)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectre
a ghostly appearing figure
"we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"
2. (noun) apparition
the appearance of a ghostlike figure
"I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter"
3. (noun) apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadow
something existing in perception only
"a ghostly apparition at midnight"
4. (noun) apparition
an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly
"natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) apparition
the act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility
2. (noun) apparition
the thing appearing; a visible object; a form
3. (noun) apparition
an unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a phantom
4. (noun) apparition
the first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; -- opposed to occultation
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