Ăp'pa-ri'tion, n.
(rĭsh'un), n. [Fr. apparition, Pr. aparicio, Lat. apparitio, from apparere. See AP-PEAR.]
Sense 1. Appearance; visibility. “The sudden apparition of the Spaniards.” Prescott.
The apparition of Lawyer Clippurse occasioned much speculation in that portion of the world. W. Scott.
Sense 2. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form. Which apparition, it seems, was you. Tatler.
Sense 3. Specifically, a preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a visible spirit.
I think it is the weakness of mine eyes That shapes this monstrous apparition. Shak.
Sense 4. (Astron.) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been obscured;—opposed to occultation. Hutton.