单词 | appear |
释义 | † appearn. Obsolete. rare. The act of appearing, appearance. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [noun] > appearing or becoming visible appearingc1375 showinga1387 appearancec1400 peeping1593 appear?1610 apparition1652 outcropping1836 epiphany1859 ?1610 J. Fletcher Faithfull Shepheardesse v. sig. K1v Dewe, Which she on euery litle grasse doth strewe,..against the Sunne's appeare. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2021). appearv. 1. To come forth into view, as from a place or state of concealment, or from a distance; to become visible. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be visible [verb (intransitive)] > appear or become visible ariseOE to come in (also to, on, etc.) placec1225 'peara1382 appear1382 kithea1400 to show out?a1425 muster?1435 to come forthc1449 to look outa1470 apparish1483 to show forth1487 come1531 to come out?1548 peer1568 to look through1573 glimpse1596 loom1605 rise1615 emicate1657 emike1657 present1664 opena1691 emerge1700 dawn1744 to come down the pike1812 to open out1813 to crop out1849 unmask1858 to come through1868 to show up1879 to come (etc.) out of thin air1932 surface1961 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. i. 9 Gadrid be watris..in to o place, and apere the drie. 1473 J. Warkworth Chron. 5 There apperyde a blasynge sterre in the weste. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 93 Quhat perell to ȝow mycht apper. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. iii. sig. O3v So soone as morrow light Appear'd in heauen. View more context for this quotation 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. B7 They 'pear and then are hid. 1667 A. Marvell Let. 27 June in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 56 The Dutch begin to appear again neare Graues-end. 1712 A. Pope Messiah in Spectator No. 348 Prepare the Way! a God, a God appears. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 678 The fleet..on the twenty-first appeared before the harbour. 2. esp. of angels, disembodied spirits, and visions. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be visible [verb (intransitive)] > appear or become visible > of spirits or angels appearc1250 'pearc1400 manifest1858 c1250 Kent. Serm. in Old Eng. Misc. 27 Aperede an ongel of heuene in here slepe. 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 2280 God wil þus Suffer þe devel apere til us. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xxvii. 53 Thei [sc. many bodies of seintes]..camen in to the holy citee, and apeeriden to manye. 1714 Byrom Spectator No. 587. ⁋3 A Shape, like that in which we paint our Angels, appeared before me. 1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles xxxiii. 448 Men do not see them [sc. angels], as though it lay in their will to do so or not; such language would be inappropriate: but they appear to men. 3. To be in sight, be visible. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be visible [verb (intransitive)] tootc897 appearc1360 to meet the eye (also ear)1645 notice1961 c1360 Deo Gratias in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 129 Nou appeereþ. non of þo. 1366 Mandeville's Trav. xvii. 180 This Sterre..that wee clepen the Lode Sterre, ne apperethe not to hem. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Esdras xi. 13 The place therof appeared no more. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy v. 1642 To all the prouyns þe toures apperit. a1631 J. Donne Poems (1650) 2 My face in thine eye, thine in mine appeares. 1734 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. I. 251 Nothing appeared to the eye, but a few tottering cottages. 4. To present oneself formally before an authority or tribunal; to put in an appearance. Hence, to present oneself as legal representative of another; to act as counsel. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [verb (intransitive)] > appear before court appear1330 'peara1382 to go up1673 1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 255 With right he leses his chance þorgh faut þat not apers. a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) ix. Prol. 45 At a court I mon appeire Fell accusationis thare til here. 1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Protestatyon (title page) By open disputation to apear in the defence of his cause. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 427. ⁋2 Many..are known to have Ill-will to him for whom I [Cicero] appear. 1809 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. H vij/1 Attornies subscribing warrants to appear, are liable to attachment, upon non-appearance. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 97 The Bishop of London was cited before the new tribunal. He appeared. 1883 Times 21 Aug. 10/1 Mr. —— appeared for the prosecution. Mr. —— appeared to defend. 5. To come before the public in any character or capacity; to display oneself on the stage of action or acting. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performer > appear as performer [verb (intransitive)] appeara1616 show1898 a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. iii. 32 Your Noble Tullus Auffidius will [printed well] appeare well in these Warres. View more context for this quotation 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 1. ¶5 I appear on Sunday nights at St. James's Coffee House. 1883 Athenæum 15 Sept. 348/1 The Vokes family will appear..at the Prince of Wales's Theatre. 6. To come before the public in the character of an author, through his or her works. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > [verb (intransitive)] > appear in print appear1713 print1951 society > communication > printing > publishing > be published [verb (intransitive)] > of a writer appear1713 1713 E. Budgell in Guardian 23 Mar. 1/2 And so am forced..to appear in Print. 1738 A. Pope One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty Eight 1 Not twice a twelvemonth you appear in Print. 1881 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. 419 Fifty dramatic poets..appeared in the fifty years which precede the closing of the theatres by the Puritans. 7. To come before the public as a book or other publication does; to be published, come out. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > publishing > be published [verb (intransitive)] to come forthlOE to come out1529 to see the light1535 appear1711 run1831 publish1928 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 10. ¶3 That where the Spectator appears, the other publick Prints will vanish. 1782 W. Cowper Let. 18 Nov. (1981) II. 91 I little thought when I was writing the history of John Gilpin that he would appear in print. 1877 W. Lytteil Landmarks Sc. Life & Lang. iii. i. 98 Several works on Arran..have already appeared. 8. To show itself or be plainly set forth in a document; to be shown, declared; to occur. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > state of having been written > be written [verb (intransitive)] appearc1531 come1582 to go down1734 write1862 c1531 Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 34 As more large apperyth in for-sayde autoryte. 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 5 As appeereth in an antient Roman Provinciall. 1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace ii. ii. 11 Mark where a bold expressive Phrase appears. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. ii. 373 Enough does not appear to condemn any individual. 9. a. To be clear or evident to the understanding; to be plain, manifest. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > [verb (intransitive)] seem1340 to prove wellc1387 showa1393 appearc1400 to stare (a person) in the face1510 sparkle1597 shinea1616 transpear1645 relate1663 it is visible1693 to speak out1846 notice1961 c1400 Romaunt Rose 5511 Now apperith her folye. 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 6v Suche workes wol not be hidde, but at the last they wol appere. a1569 M. Coverdale Fruitful Lessons (1593) sig. V3 Thus appeareth the power of his death. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 257 Our greatness will appear Then most conspicuous. View more context for this quotation 1710 H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes ii. 101 I am next to make appear that no such alteration is made by the change of country. 1756 E. Burke Vindic. Nat. Society 10 The more clearly their Excellencies must appear. b. impersonal. It is clear or evident. ΚΠ c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. v. iv. 162 Þat it may apere þat þe prescience is signe of þis necessite. 1428 in J. B. Heath Some Acct. Worshipful Company of Grocers (1869) 6 As it aperith pleynely be here aconte, as followyth. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 233 It doth appeare you are a worthy iudge. View more context for this quotation 1864 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire v. 82 Nor does it appear that authority was ever exercised by any Emperor in Spain. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > be or seem likely [verb (intransitive)] appeara1530 to have some show1556 think1579 to look like1594 to put fairc1595 had liked to1600 to show for ——1776 fare1850 show1901 a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) ix. 1638 Robert the Ketht..apperand than For to be a lord off mycht. a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) viii. 95 That Madyn fayre, That..apperyd till have bene Be the lawch off Norway Quene. 10. a. To be to the mind, or in one's opinion; to be taken as, to seem. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > have (specific) appearance [verb (intransitive)] > seem thinkeOE beseem?c1225 semblec1325 show1340 supposea1393 appeara1425 resemble?a1425 think1425 seem1570 'pear1851 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. lix. 15 And the Lord siȝ, and it apperide yuel in hise iȝen. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. iv. 30 Where their vn-taught loue Must needs appear offence. View more context for this quotation 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xxvii. 153 They choose that which appeareth best for themselves. 1833 H. Martineau Brooke & Brooke Farm (ed. 3) i. 1 Strangers do not appear struck with it. b. impersonal. It seems. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. i. 67 Page. Hee's the man should fight with him... Shal. It appeares so by his weapons. View more context for this quotation 1754 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (1803) I. 41 Solely, as it appears, for what you believe to be for our advantage. 1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 5 Theophrastus did not, it appears, adopt the sublime doctrines of his master. 11. To seem, as distinguished from to be; to be in outward show, or to the superficial observer. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > have (specific) appearance [verb (intransitive)] > mere outward appearance appear1559 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Tresilian iv And matters of most wrong, to haue appered most right. 1611 Bible (King James) Matt. vi. 16 That they may appeare vnto men to fast. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 113 His Tongue..could make the worse appear The better reason. View more context for this quotation 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 445. ⁋7 I am afraid of making them appear considerable by taking notice of them. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. §1. 223 Raindrops which descend vertically appear to meet us when we move swiftly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.?1610v.c1250 |
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