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  • noun Same as apparatus.

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  • noun obsolete apparatus
  • verb neologism To appear (magically); to teleport to or from a place.

Etymologies

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From Latin apparātus

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From Latin apparēre (to appear) in late Latin, as of a servant who appears on being summoned. A back-formation from apparition.

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