Appear

ap-pēr′, v.i. to become visible: to present one's self formally before an authority or tribunal, hence to act as the representative or counsel for another: to be manifest: to be in one's opinion, to seem: to come into view, to come before the public, to be published (of a book): to seem though not real.— ns. Appear′ance , the act of appearing, e.g. in court to prosecute or answer a charge: the publication of a book: the effect of appearing conspicuously, show, parade: the condition of that which appears, form, aspect: outward look or show: a natural phenomenon: an apparition; Appear′er , one that appears: one who puts in an appearance in court.— It appears ( impers. ).— To all appearance , so far as appears to any one; To keep up appearances , to keep up an outward show with intent to conceal the absence of the inward reality; To put in an appearance , to appear in person. [Through Fr. from L. apparē-re — ad , to, parēre , paritum , to come forth.]