appear
verb
[ əˈpɪə ]
• come into sight; become visible or noticeable, especially without apparent cause.
• "smoke appeared on the horizon"
Similar:
become visible,
come into view,
come into sight,
materialize,
take shape,
pop up,
bob up,
be revealed,
be seen,
emerge,
manifest itself,
become apparent,
become evident,
surface,
come to light,
arise,
crop up,
occur,
develop,
enter into the picture,
• seem; give the impression of being.
• "she appeared not to know what was happening"
Similar:
seem,
look,
give the impression of being,
come across as being,
look as though one is,
look to be,
strike someone as,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French apareir, from Latin apparere, from ad- ‘towards’ + parere ‘come into view’.
