Crossword clues for appeared
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Appear \Ap*pear"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Appeared; p. pr. & vb. n. Appearing.] [OE. apperen, aperen, OF. aparoir, F. apparoir, fr. L. appar?re to appear + par?reto come forth, to be visible; prob. from the same root as par?re to produce. Cf. Apparent, Parent, Peer, v. i.]
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To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
And God . . . said, Let . . . the dry land appear.
--Gen. i. 9. To come before the public; as, a great writer appeared at that time.
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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.
--[hand] Cor. v. 10.One ruffian escaped because no prosecutor dared to appear.
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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.
--1 John iii. 2.Of their vain contest appeared no end.
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To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
They disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast.
--Matt. vi. 1 Syn: To seem; look. See Seem.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: appear)
Usage examples of "appeared".
Guizot also appeared to him worthy of being better known to the English public than they were likely to be, as appended to the French translation.
The image of a free constitution was preserved with decent reverence: the Roman senate appeared to possess the sovereign authority, and devolved on the emperors all the executive powers of government.
If such was the poverty of Laodicea, what must have been the wealth of those cities, whose claim appeared preferable, and particularly of Pergamus, of Smyrna, and of Ephesus, who so long disputed with each other the titular primacy of Asia?
In the defence of national freedom, two hundred thousand of these barbarians had once appeared in the field, alarmed the declining age of Augustus, and exercised the vigilant prudence of Tiberius at the head of the collected force of the empire.
The fame and person of Severus appeared, during a few moments, irrecoverably lost, till that warlike prince rallied his fainting troops, and led them on to a decisive victory.
Nor was the rapacious son of Severus contented with such a measure of taxation as had appeared sufficient to his moderate predecessors.
To the undiscerning eye of the vulgar, Philip appeared a monarch no less powerful than Hadrian or Augustus had formerly been.
Decius appeared to him the only person capable of restoring peace and discipline to an army whose tumultuous spirit did not immediately subside after the murder of Marinus.
A magistrate, invested with such extensive powers, would have appeared not so much the minister, as the colleague of his sovereign.
They appeared to have patiently expected, and submissively obeyed, the decree of the senate which regulated the succession to the throne.
In the reign of the emperor Caracalla, an innumerable swarm of Suevi appeared on the banks of the Mein, and in the neighborhood of the Roman provinces, in quest either of food, of plunder, or of glory.
Arrayed in his sacerdotal robes, he appeared at the head of a great body of fanatic peasants, armed only with slings, and defended his god and his property from the sacrilegious hands of the followers of Zoroaster.
Forcing himself from the luxury of the palace, he appeared in arms at the head of his legions, and advanced beyond the Po to encounter his competitor.
On the return of spring, nothing appeared in arms except a hardy and desperate band, the remnant of that mighty host which had embarked at the mouth of the Niester.
Forty thousand horse appeared in the field, and the numbers of the infantry doubled those of the cavalry.