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单词 appear
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appearn.

Etymology: < appear v.
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.

Brit. /əˈpɪə/, U.S. /əˈpɪ(ə)r/
Forms: Middle English–1500s apere, Middle English apeer(e, 1500s–1600s apear(e; Middle English appeere, appiere, Middle English–1500s apper(e, 1500s–1600s appeare, 1500s appear.
Etymology: < aper-, tonic stem (compare present subjunctive apere ) of Old French apar-eir , -oir < Latin adpārēre , appārēre to appear, < ad to + pārēre to come in sight, come forth. Subsequently with prefix Latinized, appere (see ap- prefix1), and in the reformed spelling of 16th cent. appear (which then rhymed with bear, pear, but now with beer, peer). An aphetic 'pear occurs in 17th cent. poetry, and is now dialectal.
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.
c. To promise, be expected, be likely in due course (to become something). See apparent adj. 5.
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).
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