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

And God ... said, Let ... the dry land . --Gen. i. 9.
(intransitive) To come before the public; as, a great writer appeared at that time.
(intransitive) 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 before the judgment seat. --Cor. v. 10.

One ruffian escaped because no prosecutor dared to . --Macaulay.
(intransitive) 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 what we shall be. --1 John iii. 2.

Of their vain contest appeared no end. --Milton.
(intransitive) To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.

They disfigure their faces, that they may unto men to fast. --Matt. vi. 16.

Etymology: Middle English apperen, aperen, Old French aparoir (French apparoir), from Latin apparere, apparÄre "to appear", from ad "to" + parere, parÄre, parrere "come forth, to be visible"; probably from the same root as parire "to produce". Compare with Apparent, Parent, Peer, v.i.

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