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What does "appear" mean?

Appear: 2. To come before the public; as, a great writer appeared at that time.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like; to present one's self as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried. We must all appear before the judgment seat. * Cor. v.
  2. 3.One ruffian escaped because no prosecutor dared to appear. Macaulay.
  3. 4.To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest. It doth not yet appear what we shall be. 1 John iii.
  4. 5.Of their vain contest appeared no end. Milton.
  5. 6.To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look. They disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Matt. vi.
  6. 7.See Seem.
  7. 8.Appearance. [Obs.] J. Fletcher.

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