apparition
(noun) an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly; “natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger”
apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadow
(noun) something existing in perception only; “a ghostly apparition at midnight”
apparition
(noun) the appearance of a ghostlike figure; “I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter”
apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectre
(noun) a ghostly appearing figure; “we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
apparition (plural apparitions)
An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially something such as a ghost or phantom.
(astronomy) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; opposed to occultation.
(astronomy) A period of consecutive days or nights when a particular celestial body may be observed, beginning with the heliacal rising of the body and ending with its heliacal setting.
• (act of becoming visible): appearance
• (a preternatural appearance): vision
• See also ghost
Source: Wiktionary
Ap`pa*ri"tion, n. Etym: [F. apparition, L. apparitio, fr. apparere. See Appear.]
1. The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility. Milton. The sudden apparition of the Spaniards. Prescott. The apparition of Lawyer Clippurse occasioned much speculation in that portion of the world. Sir W. Scott.
2. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form. Which apparition, it seems, was you. Tatler.
3. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a phantom. "The heavenly bands . . . a glorious apparition." Milton. I think it is the weakness of mine eyes That shapes this monstrous apparition. Shak.
4. (Astron.)
Definition: The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; -- opposed to occultation. Circle of perpetual apparition. See under Circle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 November 2024
(noun) stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings; larvae are hairy caterpillars
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
