a supernatural appearance of a person or thing, esp. a ghost; a specter or phantom; wraith: a ghostly apparition at midnight.
*The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; -- opposed to occultation.
*An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a phantom. *The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
spirit, shade. Apparition, phantasm, phantom are terms for a supernatural appearance. An apparition of a person or thing is an immaterial appearance that seems real, and is generally sudden or startling in its manifestation: an apparition of a headless horseman. Both phantom and phantasm denote an illusory appearance, as in a dream; the former may be pleasant, while the latter is usually frightening: a phantom of loveliness; a monstrous phantasm.
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