appear
To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
Verb 4 meanings
To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
To come before the public.
“A great writer appeared at that time.”
To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, etc.; to present oneself as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried.
To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest.
Etymology
From Middle English apperen, aperen, borrowed from Old French aparoir (French apparoir), from Latin appāreō (“to appear”), from ad (“to”) + pāreō (“to come forth, to become visible”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-s- (“watch, see”), s-present of *peh₂- (“protect”).
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APPEAR at a glance
APPEAR has 6 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (A 1 + P 3 + P 3 + E 1 + A 1 + R 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,433 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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