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Apparition

Apparition Meaning & Definition
Apparition Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Apparition?

[n] an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly; "natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stanger"
[n] something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight"
[n] the appearance of a ghostlike figure; "I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter"
[n] a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Apparition: phantom | phantom | shadow | specter | spectre

Related Terms | Find terms related to Apparition: appearance | appearing | arising | astral | astral spirit | avatar | banshee | bogey | brainchild | bubble | chimera | coming | coming into being | coming-forth | control | corposant | delirium | delusion | departed spirit | disclosure | disembodied spirit | duppy | dybbuk | eidolon | emergence | epiphany | exposure | false image | fancy | fantasque | fantasy | fiction | figment | figure | form | forthcoming | ghost | grateful dead | guide | hallucination | hant | haunt | idle fancy | idolum | illusion | image | imagery | imagination | imagining | immateriality | incarnation | incorporeal | incorporeal being | incorporeity | insubstantial image | invention | issuance | larva | lemures | maggot | make-believe | manes | manifestation | marshfire | Masan | materialization | materializing | mirage | myth | occurrence | oni | opening | phantasm | phantasma | phantasmagoria | phantom | phasm | phenomenon | poltergeist | presence | presentation | realization | revelation | revenant | rise | rising | romance | shade | shadow | shape | showing | showing forth | shrouded spirit | sick fancy | specter | spectral ghost | spectrum | spirit | spook | sprite | theophany | thick-coming fancies | trip | umbra | unfolding | unfoldment | unsubstantiality | vapor | vision | waking dream | walking dead man | wandering soul | whim | whimsy | wildest dream | wildest dreams | wraith | zombie

See Also | appearance | appearance | disembodied spirit | Flying Dutchman | Flying Dutchman | flying saucer | ghost | illusion | semblance | shade | specter | spectre | spirit | spook | UFO | unidentified flying object | wraith

Apparition In Webster's Dictionary

\Ap`pa*ri"tion\, n. [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.) 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}.

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