Apparition

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  • noun. A ghostly figure; a specter.
  • noun. A sudden or unusual sight.
  • noun. The act of appearing; appearance.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To cause to to appear in phantom form.
  • noun. The act of appearing or coming into sight; appearance; the state of being visible; visibility.
  • noun. That which appears or becomes visible; an appearance, especially of a remarkable or phenomenal kind.
  • noun. Specifically A ghostly appearance; a specter or phantom: now the usual sense of the word.
  • noun. In astronomy, the first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been obscured: opposed to occultation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
  • noun. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
  • noun. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a phantom.
  • noun. The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; -- opposed to occultation.
  • noun. See under Circle.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
  • noun. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
  • noun. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially something such as a ghost or phantom.
  • noun. The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured;—opposed to occultation.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a ghostly appearing figure
  • noun. something existing in perception only
  • noun. an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly
  • noun. the appearance of a ghostlike figure
  • Word Usage
    "At other moments in the narrative, the haunting of the apparition is achieved solely through the powers of the voice — en route to the Villa Altieri, for example, a voice entirely lacking in any visually identifiable origin emanates as if from nowhere, at once betraying the uncanny presence of Vivaldi's ghostly companion as well as maintaining his invisibility:"
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