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Appearance
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.
(2):
(n.) Personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect; mien.
(3):
(n.) Semblance, or apparent likeness; external show. pl. Outward signs, or circumstances, fitted to make a particular impression or to determine the judgment as to the character of a person or a thing, an act or a state; as, appearances are against him.
(4):
(n.) A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky.
(5):
(n.) The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, either by himself or by his attorney, expressed by a formal entry by the proper officer to that effect; the act or proceeding by which a party proceeded against places himself before the court, and submits to its jurisdiction.
(6):
(n.) Probability; likelihood.
(7):
(n.) The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character; as, a person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Appearance'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/appearance.html. 1828.
