Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AP-PEAR'
AP-PEAR', v.i. [L. appareo, of ad and pareo, to appear, or be manifest; It. apparire; Sp. parecer, aparecer; Fr. apparoir, apparoitre. Class Br.]
- To come or be in sight; to be in view; to be visible. The leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh. Lev. xiii. And God said, Let the dry land appear. Gen. i.
- To become visible to the eye, as a spirit, or to the apprehension of the mind; a sense frequent in Scripture. The Lord appeared to Abram and said. – Gen. xii. The angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of the bush. – Ex. iii.
- To stand in presence of, as parties or advocates before a court, or as persons to be tried. The defendant, being called, did not appear. We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ. – 2 Cor. v.
- To be obvious; to be known, as a subject of observation or comprehension. Let thy work appear to thy servant. Ps. xc. It doth not yet appear what we shall be. 1 John iii.
- To be clear or made clear by evidence; as, this fact appears by ancient records. But sin that it might appear sin. Rom. vii.
- To seem, in opposition to reality. They disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to fast. Matth. vi.
- To be discovered or laid open. That thy shame may appear. Jer. xiii.
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