Word Meanings - APPARITION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; -- opposed to occultation. Circle of perpetual apparition. See under Circle. (more info) 1. The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility. Milton. The

Additional info about word: APPARITION

The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; -- opposed to occultation. Circle of perpetual apparition. See under Circle. (more info) 1. 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. 2. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form. Which apparition, it seems, was you. Tatler. 3. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a phantom. "The heavenly bands . . . a glorious apparition." Milton. I think it is the weakness of mine eyes That shapes this monstrous apparition. Shak.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of APPARITION)

• Appearance
• Advent
• coming
• arrival
• presence
• apparition
• aspect
• Manifestatlon
• probability
• likeness
• exhibition
• mien
• manner
• semblance
• air
• show
• look
• pretense
• likelihood
• presumption
• Ghost
• Spectre
• spirit
• vision
• shade
• phantom
• Apparition
• ghost
• shadow
• larva
• Spirit
• Air
• breath
• life
• soul
• vital force
• essential quality
• essence
• immateriality
• intelligence
• disembodiment
• spectre
• energy
• ardor
• enthusiasm
• activity
• earnestness
• courage
• zeal
• disposition
• temper
• principle
• motive
• distillation

Related words: (words related to APPARITION)

• COMBER
  1. One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc. 2. A long, curling wave.
• COMMENDATOR
  One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers.
• BREATHE
  Etym: 1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. "I am in health, I breathe." Shak. Breathes there a man with soul so dead Sir W. Scott. 2. To take breath; to rest from action. Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! Shak. 3.
• COMPATIENT
  Suffering or enduring together. Sir G. Buck.
• COMMISSARY
  An officer on the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop. Ayliffe. An officer having charge of a special sevice; as, the commissary of musters. An officer
• FORCE
  To stuff; to lard; to farce. Wit larded with malice, and malice forced with wit. Shak.
• COMMERCIALLY
  In a commercial manner.
• COMPOSITOUS
  Belonging to the Compositæ; composite. Darwin.
• SPIRITUOUS
  1. Having the quality of spirit; tenuous in substance, and having active powers or properties; ethereal; immaterial; spiritual; pure. 2. Containing, or of the nature of, alcoholic spirit; consisting of refined spirit; alcoholic; ardent;
• COMMISERATION
  The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion. And pluck commiseration of his state From brassy bosoms and rough hearts of flint. Shak. Syn. -- See Sympathy.
• COMMENSURABILITY
  The quality of being commersurable. Sir T. Browne.
• COMPASSIONATELY
  In a compassionate manner; mercifully. Clarendon.
• COMPROMISE
  promise to abide by the decision of an arbiter, fr. compromittere to 1. A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators. Burrill. 2. A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent reached by concession on both
• COMPENSATOR
  An iron plate or magnet placed near the compass on iron vessels to neutralize the effect of the ship's attraction on the needle. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, compensates; -- a name applied to various mechanical devices.
• COMPREHENSIVENESS
  The quality of being comprehensive; extensiveness of scope. Compare the beauty and comprehensiveness of legends on ancient coins. Addison.
• COMPANIONLESS
  Without a companion.
• EXHIBITION
  The act of administering a remedy. (more info) 1. The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display. 2. That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art,
• COMPARATIVELY
  According to estimate made by comparison; relatively; not positively or absolutely. With but comparatively few exceptions. Prescott.
• COMFORTLESS
  Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless. Comfortless through turanny or might. Spenser. Syn. -- Forlorn; desolate; cheerless; inconsolable; disconsolate; wretched; miserable. -- Com"fort*less*ly, adv. -- Com"fort*less*ness, n.
• COMPARE
  To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of one syllable are compared by affixing "-er" and "-est" to the positive form; as, black, blacker, blackest; those
• FORESHADOW
  To shadow or typi Dryden.
• PUBLIC-SPIRITED
  1. Having, or exercising, a disposition to advance the interest of the community or public; as, public-spirited men. 2. Dictated by a regard to public good; as, a public-spirited project or measure. Addison. -- Pub"lic-spir`it*ed*ly,
• INDECOMPOSABLENESS
  Incapableness of decomposition; stability; permanence; durability.
• INTERCOMMUNION
  Mutual communion; as, an intercommunion of deities. Faber.
• UNBECOMING
  Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper. My grief lets unbecoming speeches fall. Dryden. -- Un`be*com"ing*ly, adv. -- Un`be*com"ing*ness, n.
• ENCOMBERMENT
  Hindrance; molestation. Spenser.
• INCOMMENSURABLE
  Not commensurable; having no common measure or standard of comparison; as, quantities are incommensurable when no third quantity can be found that is an aliquot part of both; the side and diagonal of a square are incommensurable with each other;
• UNCOMMON
  Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage. Syn. -- Rare; scarce; infrequent; unwonted. -- Un*com"mon*ly, adv. -- Un*com"mon*ness, n.