Apparition

  • 21Apparition — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Apparition ou apparitions peut désigner : Une apparition, appréhension immédiate, ressentie comme indubitable, claire et directe de la présence de… …

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  • 22apparition — n. 1) a strange apparition 2) an apparition appears; disappears * * * [ˌæpə rɪʃ(ə)n] disappears a strange apparition an apparition appears …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 23apparition —    Also known as apparitional experience. Both terms stem from the Latin verb apparere,which means to appear or to manifest (itself). The term apparition has various connotations, the most important of which are (1) a visual illusion or… …

    Dictionary of Hallucinations

  • 24APPARITION —     Ce n est point du tout une chose rare qu une personne, vivement émue, voie ce qui n est point. Une femme, en 1726, accusée à Londres d être complice du meurtre de son mari, niait le fait; on lui présente l habit du mort qu on secoue devant… …

    Dictionnaire philosophique de Voltaire

  • 25apparition — noun /ˌæp.ə(ɹ)ˈɪʃn̩,ˌæp.ɚˈɪʃ.n̩,ˌæp.ɚˈɪ.ʃən/ a) An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility. The sudden apparition of the Spaniards. . b) The thing appearing; a visible object; a form. The apparition of Lawyer Clippurse occasioned much… …

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  • 26apparition — ap|pa|ri|tion [ˌæpəˈrıʃən] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Late Latin; Origin: apparitio, from Latin apparere; APPEAR] something that you imagine you can see, especially the spirit of a dead person ▪ He stared at the strange apparition before him. ▪ a… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27apparition — [[t]æ̱pərɪ̱ʃ(ə)n[/t]] apparitions N COUNT An apparition is someone you see or think you see but who is not really there as a physical being. [FORMAL] The patient recognized one of the women as the apparition she had seen. ...these apparitions of… …

    English dictionary

  • 28apparition — UK [ˌæpəˈrɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [countable] Word forms apparition : singular apparition plural apparitions 1) formal a strange image or creature that someone sees 2) humorous someone who looks very strange or unusual …

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  • 29apparition — noun Etymology: Middle English apparicioun, from Anglo French aparicion, from Late Latin apparition , apparitio appearance, from Latin apparēre Date: 15th century 1. a. an unusual or unexpected sight ; phenomenon …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 30Apparition — Ap|pa|ri|ti|on 〈f.; Gen.: , Pl.: en〉 Apparition von Gestirnen Erscheinung, Sichtbarwerden [Etym.: frz., »Erscheinung«; zu apparaître »erscheinen«] …

    Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch