She appears a nice enough person. Winning the election appears unlikely at this point. One by one, the stars appeared in the sky. The sun began to appear from behind the clouds. The airplanes seemed to appear out of nowhere. The storm disappeared as suddenly as it had appeared. The cat appears at our kitchen door every morning. One of the guests appeared a few minutes late. He appeared a little before eight last night. See More
Recent Examples on the WebTrial testimony indicated the shootings were a plan for Muhammad to regain custody of his children by killing his ex-wife and making her death appear to be a result of random violence. Denise Lavoie And Matthew Barakat, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2022 Edwards wore a sweatsuit on the sideline and did not appear to have any kind of extra protection on his right leg. Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press, 17 Sep. 2022 Yet what was your reaction to finding out that this does appear to be a deliberate plan by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who said, you guys are talking about straining the system to house all these people, to feed all these people.ABC News, 16 Sep. 2022 The outlets reported that drugs and alcohol do not appear to have played a role and that an investigation is ongoing. Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2022 Trial testimony indicated the shootings were a plan for Muhammad to regain custody of his children by killing his ex-wife and making her death appear to be a result of random violence. Denise Lavoie And Matthew Barakat, Baltimore Sun, 16 Sep. 2022 Trial testimony indicated the shootings were a plan for Muhammad to regain custody of his children by killing his ex-wife and making her death appear to be a result of random violence. Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 16 Sep. 2022 Court records say that case was disposed by a judge in June after the parties did not appear at a mandatory case management hearing. Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 16 Sep. 2022 Still, Lunna Lopes, a senior survey analyst for the Kaiser Family Foundation, said the study’s findings appear to be in line with other studies linking medical debt to poorer health and financial outcomes. Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 16 Sep. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English aperen, apperen, borrowed from Anglo-French apier-, aper-, tonic stem of aparer, apareir, aparoir, going back to Latin appārēre "to come into sight, be visible, be evident," from ad-ad- + pārēre "to be visible, be evident, be subject (to), comply (with)," of uncertain origin
Note: Latin pārēre has been compared with a supposed base *peh2-s-, suggested as the source of Avestan pišiiaṇt- "seeing," Armenian hayim "(I) look," Albanian pashë "(I) saw," though the limited nature of the evidence makes such a hypothesis speculative.