1.To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible. "And God... said, Let... the dry land appear."
2.To come before the public; as, a great writer appeared at that time.
3.To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like; to present one's self as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried. "We must all appear before the judgment seat." "One ruffian escaped because no prosecutor dared to appear."
4.To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest. "It doth not yet appear what we shall be." "Of their vain contest appeared no end."
5.To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look. "They disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast."
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