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Appearance   /əpˈɪrəns/   Listen
noun
Appearance  n.  
1.
The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.
2.
A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky.
3.
Personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect; mien. "And now am come to see... It thy appearance answer loud report."
4.
Semblance, or apparent likeness; external show. pl. Outward signs, or circumstances, fitted to make a particular impression or to determine the judgment as to the character of a person or a thing, an act or a state; as, appearances are against him. " There was upon the tabernacle, as it were, the appearance of fire." "For man looketh on the outward appearance." "Judge not according to the appearance."
5.
The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character; as, a person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator. "Will he now retire, After appearance, and again prolong Our expectation?"
6.
Probability; likelihood. (Obs.) "There is that which hath no appearance."
7.
(Law) The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, either by himself or by his attorney, expressed by a formal entry by the proper officer to that effect; the act or proceeding by which a party proceeded against places himself before the court, and submits to its jurisdiction.
To put in an appearance, to be present; to appear in person.
To save appearances, to preserve a fair outward show.
Synonyms: Coming; arrival; presence; semblance; pretense; air; look; manner; mien; figure; aspect.






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... Sariputra; he, beholding the wonderful grace of the Bhikshus, their composed mien and subdued senses, their dignified walk and carriage, raising his hands, inquiring, said: "Young in years, but pure and graceful in appearance, such as I before have never seen. What law most excellent have you obeyed? and who your master that has taught you? and what the doctrine you have learned? Tell me, I pray you, and relieve my doubts." Then of the Bhikshus, one, ...
— Sacred Books of the East • Various

... forbidding-looking creature, with a hard face, divided in its expression between evil thoughts and a malicious humor. His general appearance was much that of the rest of the men, with the exception that he made no display of offensive weapons. It was not this, however, that drew Helen in his direction, for she well enough knew that, in fact, he was a perfect gunpark of concealed ...
— The Law-Breakers • Ridgwell Cullum

... the audience the Inter-Ocean said: "The speakers of all the sessions were listened to with rapt attention by the audience, and the points made were heartily applauded. It would be difficult to gather so large an audience of our sex whose appearance would be more ...
— History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) • Various

... February 23, and the language of his inaugural address, were the final term of the winter's tactics, and closed the private secretary's interest in the matter forever. Perhaps he felt, even then, a good deal more interest in the appearance of another private secretary, of his own age, a young man named John Hay, who lighted on LaFayette Square at the same moment. Friends are born, not made, and Henry never mistook a friend except when in power. ...
— The Education of Henry Adams • Henry Adams

... on in their journey, they came to patches of soap-weed, a vegetable of soft, pulpy nature, which grows to a considerable height, and dies from the bottom, retaining its greenness of appearance long after the stem has become brown and withered; it burns freely, with a brilliant flame. The women of the party rejoiced when a clump of soap-weed was discovered, and it was always the occasion of a general wash, as by immersing some of ...
— Captain Bayley's Heir: - A Tale of the Gold Fields of California • G. A. Henty


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