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Webster 1828 Edition

ppr.

Coming in sight; becoming evident; making an external show; seeming; having the semblance.

Noun.

The act of becoming visible; appearance.

appearing

appearing ‎(plural appearings)

appearance; act of coming into view
- 1866', Caleb Webb, Discourses on 'the Lord's prayer (page 120)
  Sudden and extensive disappearings and fresh appearings would startle and confound us, and if continued, would shatter our sense of personality out of us.

appearance — see appearance