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The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.
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His sudden appearance surprised me.
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A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition.
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There was a strange appearance in the sky.
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The way something looks; personal presence
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Apparent likeness; the way which something or someone appears to others.
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Some people say I'm shallow because I care so much about my appearance.
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That which is not substance, essence, hypostasis; the outward reality as opposed to the underlying reality
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Catholicism teaches that the Eucharist, while remaining under the physical appearance of bread and wine, becomes really and truly the body and the blood of Christ.
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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.
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A person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator.
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An instance of someone coming into a court of law to be part of a trial, either in person or represented by an attorney or such like; a court appearance
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Chiefly used by nurses: the act of defecation by a patient.
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The patient had a small bowel obstruction and there was no appearance until after the obstruction resolved.