They disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast.
Matt. vi. 16.
Syn. -- To seem; look. See Seem.
Ap*pear", n. Appearance. [Obs.] J. Fletcher.
Ap*pear"ance (&?;), n. [F. apparence, L. apparentia, fr. apparere. See Appear.] 1. The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.
2. A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky.