English-Thai Dictionary

apparition

N การ ปรากฎ ตัว ของ ผี  kan-pra-kod-tua-khong-pee

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

APPARITION

n.[See Appear. ] 1. In a general sense, an appearance; visibility. [Little used. ]
2. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
3. A ghost; a specter; a visible spirit. [This is now the usual sense of the word. ]
4. Mere appearance, opposed to reality.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

APPARITION

Ap `pa *ri "tion, n. Etym: [F. apparition, L. apparitio, fr. apparere.See Appear. ]

 

1. The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility. Milton. The sudden apparition of the Spaniards. Prescott. The apparition of Lawyer Clippurse occasioned much speculation in that portion of the world. Sir W. Scott.

 

2. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form. Which apparition, it seems, was you. Tatler.

 

3. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a phantom. "The heavenly bands... a glorious apparition. " Milton. I think it is the weakness of mine eyes That shapes this monstrous apparition. Shak.

 

4. (Astron.)

 

Defn: The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; -- opposed to occultation. Circle of perpetual apparition. See under Circle.

 

APPARITIONAL

APPARITIONAL Ap `pa *ri "tion *al, a.

 

Defn: Pertaining to an apparition or to apparitions; spectral. "An apparitional soul. " Tylor.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

apparition

ap pa ri tion |ˌapəˈriSHən ˌæpəˈrɪʃən | ▶noun a ghost or ghostlike image of a person. • the appearance of something remarkable or unexpected, typically an image of this type: twentieth-century apparitions of the Virgin. DERIVATIVES ap pa ri tion al |-SHənl |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘the action of appearing ’): from Latin apparitio (n- ) ‘attendance, ’ from the verb apparere (see appear ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

apparition

ap ¦par |ition |apəˈrɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun a ghost or ghostlike image of a person. • a remarkable or unexpected appearance of someone or something: an apparition of the Virgin Mary. DERIVATIVES apparitional adjective ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘the action of appearing ’): from Latin apparitio (n- )‘attendance ’, from the verb apparere (see appear ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

apparition

apparition noun a monstrous apparition: ghost, phantom, specter, spirit, wraith; vision, hallucination; informal spook, chimera; literary phantasm, revenant, shade, visitant; rare eidolon.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

apparition

apparition noun 1 a monstrous apparition: ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit, wraith, shadow, presence; vision, hallucination; Scottish & Irish bodach; German Doppelgänger; W. Indian duppy; informal spook; literary phantasm, shade, revenant, visitant, wight; rare eidolon, manes. 2 he was startled by the apparition of a strange man: appearance, manifestation, materialization, emergence; visitation; arrival, advent.

 

French Dictionary

apparition

apparition n. f. nom féminin 1 Vision. : La petite bergère a eu une apparition: elle a vu la Vierge. 2 Manifestation subite d ’un être, d ’un phénomène qui devient visible. : L ’apparition d ’une étoile filante. Le médecin a noté l ’apparition de certains symptômes.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

apparition

ap pa ri tion /æ̀pərɪ́ʃ (ə )n /名詞 1 C 亡霊, 幽霊 (ghost ); 奇怪 [奇妙 ]な現象, 幻影 .2 U (亡霊などの突然の )出現 (appearance ).