Definitions for Apparition
ˌæp əˈrɪʃ ənap·pari·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectrenoun

   a ghostly appearing figure

   "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"

2. apparitionnoun

   the appearance of a ghostlike figure

   "I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter"

3. apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadownoun

   something existing in perception only

   "a ghostly apparition at midnight"

4. apparitionnoun

   an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly

   "natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. apparitionnoun

   An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.

2. apparitionnoun

   The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.

   Which apparition, it seems, was you. --Tatler.

3. apparitionnoun

   An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially something such as a ghost or phantom.

4. apparitionnoun

   (Astronomy) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured;opposed to occultation.

5. Etymology: From apparition, from apparitio, from appareo.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Apparitionnoun

   Etymology: from appareo, Lat. to appear.

   1. Appearance; visibility.

   When suddenly stood at my head a dream,
   Whose inward apparition gently mov’d
   My fancy. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. viii.

   2. The thing appearing; a form; a visible object.

   I have mark’d
   A thousand blushing apparitions
   To start into her face; a thousand innocent shames
   In angel whiteness bear away those blushes. William Shakespeare, Much ado about Nothing.

   A glorious apparition! had not doubt,
   And carnal fear, that day dimm’d Adam’s eyes. Parad. Lost.

   Any thing besides may take from me the sense of what appeared; which apparition, it seems, was you. Tatler, №. 55.

   3. A spectre; a walking spirit.

   Horatio says ’tis but our phantasy,
   Touching this dreaded sight twice seen of us;
   Therefore I have intreated him,
   That if again this apparition come,
   He may approve our eyes, and speak to it. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

   Tender minds should not receive early impressions of goblins, spectres, and apparitions, wherewith maids fright them into compliance. John Locke.

   One of those apparitions had his right hand filled with darts, which he brandished in the face of all who came up that way. Tatler, №. 81.

   4. Something only apparent, not real.

   Still there’s something
   That checks my joys ————
   —— Nor can I yet distinguish
   Which is an apparition, this or that. John Denham, Sophy.

   5. Astronomically, the visibility of some luminary, opposed to occultation.

   A month of apparition is the space wherein the moon appeareth, deducting three days wherein it commonly disappeareth; and this containeth but twenty-six days and twelve hours. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. iv. c. 12.

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1. apparition

   An apparition is a supernatural, ghost-like figure or phenomenon that appears or becomes visible, often without any physical presence. It can also refer to the unexpected or unusual appearance of something or someone. In a broader sense, it can simply mean the act of appearing or becoming visible.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Apparitionnoun

   the act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility

2. Apparitionnoun

   the thing appearing; a visible object; a form

3. Apparitionnoun

   an unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a phantom

4. Apparitionnoun

   the first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; -- opposed to occultation

5. Etymology: [F. apparition, L. apparitio, fr. apparere. See Appear.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Apparition

   ap-par-ish′un, n. an appearance—of a visitor, a comet, the appearance in history: an immaterial appearance—of a spirit of the departed, as of a real being, a ghost: (astron.) the first appearance of a celestial body after occultation.—adj. Appari′tional. [See Appear.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. apparition

   A star or planet becoming visible after occultation. Perpetual apparition of the lesser northern circles, wherein the stars being above the horizon, never set.

Matched Categories

1. • Appearance
   • Illusion
   • Spirit

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Apparition in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Apparition in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Apparition in a Sentence

1. Artist Leah Miriam Cooper:

   I ended up enjoying the apparition quality the candid images provided. I loved feeling as if they were ghosts in my own space. i always thought that it would be impossible to get to know them, but through this project I have.

2. William Wordsworth:

   She was a phantom of delight When first she gleam'd upon my sight A lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament.

3. Scott C. Holstad:

   apparitions of stick people torment me, of skeletal phantoms walking in rain deathly dead stick arms upraised to the gods. i knew one such apparition once, cheated of life by a diseased society intent upon deprivation of body and soul, identity as we would have it. i am haunted at times by what could have been.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Apparition
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Apparition
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Apparition
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Apparition
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Apparition
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Apparition