appearance n
1. outward or visible aspect of a person or thing [syn: visual aspect}]
2. the event of coming into sight [ant: disappearance]
3. formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action [syn: appearing, coming into court]
4. a mental representation; "I tried to describe his appearance to the police"
5. the act of appearing in public view; "the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period"; "it was Bernhardt's last appearance in America" [ant: disappearance]
6. pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression; "they try to keep up appearances"; "that ceremony is just for show" [syn: show]

Appearance \Ap*pear"ance\, n. [F. apparence, L. apparentia, fr. apparere. See Appear.]
1. The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.
2. A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky.
3. Personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect; mien. And now am come to see . . . It thy appearance answer loud report. --Milton.
4. Semblance, or apparent likeness; external show. pl. Outward signs, or circumstances, fitted to make a particular impression or to determine the judgment as to the character of a person or a thing, an act or a state; as, appearances are against him. There was upon the tabernacle, as it were, the appearance of fire. --Num. ix. 15. For man looketh on the outward appearance. --1 Sam. xvi. 7. Judge not according to the appearance. --John. vii. 24.
5. The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character; as, a person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator. Will he now retire, After appearance, and again prolong Our expectation? --Milton.
6. Probability; likelihood. [Obs.] There is that which hath no appearance. --Bacon.
7. (Law) The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, either by himself or by his attorney, expressed by a formal entry by the proper officer to that effect; the act or proceeding by which a

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