| n. | 1. | The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility. | |||
| 2. | The thing appearing; a visible object; a form. | ||||
| 3. | An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a phantom. | ||||
| 4. | (Astron.) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; - opposed to
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| Noun | 1. | apparition - a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us" |
| 2. | apparition - the appearance of a ghostlike figure; "I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter" | |
| 3. | apparition - something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight" | |
| 4. | apparition - an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly; "natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stanger" |
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