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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Apparent \Ap*par"ent\, n. An heir apparent. [Obs.] I'll draw it [the sword] as apparent to the crown. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Apparent \Ap*par"ent\, a. [F. apparent, L. apparens -entis, p. pr of apparere See {Appear}.] 1. Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view. The moon . . . apparent queen. --Milton. 2. Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known palpable; indubitable. It is apparent foul play. --Shak. 3. Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from but not necessarily opposed to true or real); seeming; as the apparent motion or diameter of the sun. To live on terms of civility, and even of apparent friendship. --Macaulay. What Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by astronomers called apparent magnitude. --Reid. {Apparent horizon}, the circle which in a level plain bounds our view, and is formed by the apparent meeting of the earth and heavens, as distinguished from the rational horizon. {Apparent time}. See {Time}. {Heir apparent} (Law), one whose to an estate is indefeasible if he survives the ancestor; -- in distinction from presumptive heir. See {Presumptive}. Syn: Visible; distinct; plain; obvious; clear; certain; evident; manifest; indubitable; notorious. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: apparent adj 1: clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view" [syn: {evident}, {manifest}, {patent}, {plain}] 2: appearing as such but not necessarily so "for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; "the ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming honesty" [syn: {apparent(a)}, {ostensible}, {seeming(a)}] 3: readily apparent to the eye; "angry for no apparent reason"; "had no visible means of support"
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