Look up: apparition

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   Apparition
   A visual appearance (cf. hallucination), often of a person or scene, generally experienced in a waking or hypnagogic / hypnopompic state. See also crisis apparition, ghost, haunting.
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   apparition
   [Noun] A ghost or phantom.
   Example: The girl saw a ghostly apparition in the shadows.
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   Apparition
   A visual appearance (cf. hallucination), often of a person or scene, generally experienced in a waking or hypnagogic / hypnopompic state. See also crisis apparition, ghost, haunting.
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   apparition
   [n] - a ghostly appearing figure 2. [n] - the appearance of a ghostlike figure 3. [n] - something existing in perception only 4. [n] - an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly
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   Apparition
   The period or time when an object is visible and well placed for observation.
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   apparition
   Supernatural appearance in the image of a living or dead person or animal, or an inanimate object. A ghost is specifically the apparition of a deceased human or animal. In its widest sense, the...
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   Apparition
   Ap`pa·ri'tion noun [ French apparition , Latin apparitio , from apparere . See Appear .] 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. S ...
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   apparition
   1. The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility. '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 ...
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   apparition
   noun the appearance of a ghostlike figure; `I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter`
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    apparition
    noun an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly; `natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger`
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    apparition
    phantom noun something existing in perception only; `a ghostly apparition at midnight`
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    apparition
    phantom noun a ghostly appearing figure; `we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us`
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    Apparition
    Generally, an `apparition` is the act or instance of appearing, including: *a religious vision **Marian apparition *any supernatural apparitional experience ** phantom ** phantasm *a paranormal appearance such as: **a doppelgänger **someone experiencing bilocation *Apparition and Disapparition in Harry Potter, a form of teleportation used in the Harry Potter novels
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    Apparition
    • (n.) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; -- opposed to occultation. • (n.) An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a phantom. • (n.) The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility. • (n.) The thing appearing; a visible object; a form....
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    apparition
    
    1. a ghostly appearing figure
    2. the appearance of a ghostlike figure
    3. something existing in perception only
    4. an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly
    
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    apparition
    The period during which an object in the Solar System, such as a planet or comet, is visible from Earth. The term is not normally used in connection with the Sun, Moon, or stars.
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    apparition
    apparition, spiritualistic manifestation of a person or object in which a form not actually present is seen with such intensity that belief in its reality is created. The ancient and widespread belief in apparitions and ghosts (specters of dead persons) is based on the idea that the spirit of a man,...
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