appear

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To become visible: a plane appearing in the sky.
2. v. To come into existence: New strains of viruses appear periodically.
3. v. To seem or look to be: appeared unhappy. See Synonyms at seem.
4. v. To seem likely: They will be late, as it appears.
5. v. To come before the public: has appeared in two plays; appears on the nightly news.
6. v. Law To present oneself formally before a court as defendant, plaintiff, or counsel.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To come or be in sight; become visible by approach or by emerging from concealment; be exposed to view.
2. To stand in presence, as parties or advocates before a court; make appearance.
3. To come or be placed before the public; come to the notice of the public: as, the actor appeared only once a week; his history appeared in 1880.
4. To be obvious; be known, as a subject of observation or comprehension; be clear or made clear by evidence.
5. To seem; have a certain semblance or appearance; look: as, he appeared to be wise; it appears to me that this is unsafe; he appears very old.
6. . To be understood; be intelligible: as, “Do I now appear?” Cotgrave.
7. Synonyms Look, etc. See seem.
8. n. Appearance.

Wiktionary

1. v. intransitive To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
2. v. intransitive To come before the public.
3. v. intransitive 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.
4. v. intransitive 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.
5. v. intransitive, copulative To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
2. v. To come before the public.
3. v. 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.
4. v. 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.
5. v. To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
6. n. obsolete Appearance.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. come into sight or view
2. v. be issued or published
3. v. give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
4. v. come into being or existence, or appear on the scene
5. v. present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority
6. v. appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.
7. v. seem to be true, probable, or apparent