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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Apparition \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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: apparition n 1: an unusual appearing ghostly figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us" [syn: {phantom}, {specter}, {spectre}] 2: an unexpected appearance or becoming visible; "I was recalled to the present by the apparition of two cowboys riding toward me" 3: something existing in perception only: "a ghostly apparition at midnight" [syn: {phantom}, {shadow}]
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