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Thesaurus: appear

To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.

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  1. v. i. To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
  2. v. i. To come before the public; as, a great writer appeared at that time.
  3. v. i. 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.
  4. v. i. 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.
  5. v. i. To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
  6. n. Appearance.
  7. v. give a certain impression of being something or having a certain aspect
  8. v. come into sight or view
  9. v. be issued or published
  10. v. (of a proposition) seem to be true, probable, or apparent
  11. v. come into being or existence, or appear on the scene
  12. v. appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.