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of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.

The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal from sight; vanishing. Addison.

Default of apperance, as in court, to prosecute or defend; failure to appear.

A second or new appearance; the act or state of appearing again.

Unusual appearance or effect. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Having the form or appearance of adipocere; as, an adipoceriform tumor.

The peculiar look, appearance, and bearing of a person; mien; demeanor; as, the air of a youth; a heavy air; a lofty air. "His very air." Shak.

Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.

nts, some classed as trees, others as shrubs, but the greater number having the habit and appearance of evergreen herbaceous plants; from some of which are prepared articles for medicine and the arts. They are natives of warm countries.

of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; -- used in representing coins, bas-reliefs, etc.

A skeleton; anything anatomized or dissected, or which has the appearance of being so. The anatomy of a little child, representing all parts thereof, is accounted a greater rarity than the skeleton of a man in full stature. Fuller. They brought one Pinch, a hungry, lean-faced villain, A mere anatomy. Shak.…

A suffix signifying action; also, quality or state; as, assistance, resistance, appearance, elegance. See -ancy.

The actual appearance of an angel to man.

boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and appearance; an angular female. Angular aperture, Angular distance. See Aperture, Distance. -- Angular motion, the motion of a body about a fixed point or fixed axis, as of a planet or pendulum. It is equal to the angle passed ove…

An elementary substance, resembling a metal in its appearance and physical properties, but in its chemical relations belonging to the class of nonmetallic substances. Atomic weight, 120. Symbol, Sb.

The quality of being antique; an appearance of ancient origin and workmanship. We may discover something venerable in the antiqueness of the work. Addison.

Appearance. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Appearance. [Obs.]

Seemingly; in appearance; as, a man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart.

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.