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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

APPA'RENT, a. [See Appear.]
1. That may be seen, or easily seen; visible to the eye; within sight or view.
2. Obvious; plain; evident; indubitable; as, the wisdom of the creator is apparent in his works.
3. Visible, in opposition to hid or secret; as, a man's apparent conduct is good.
4. Visible; appearing to the eye; seeming, in distinction from true or real, as the apparent motion or diameter of the sun.
Heirs apparent are those whose right to an estate is indefeasible, if they survive the ancestor; in distinction from presumptive heirs, who, if the ancestor should die immediately, would inherit, but whose right is liable to be defeated by the birth of their children.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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1: clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view" [syn: apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable]
2: appearing as such but not necessarily so; "for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; "the ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming honesty" [syn: apparent, ostensible, seeming]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French apparant, from Latin apparent-, apparens, present participle of appar?re to appear Date: 14th century 1. open to view ; visible 2. clear or manifest to the understanding <reasons that are readily apparent> 3. appearing as actual to the eye or mind 4. having an indefeasible right to succeed to a title or estate 5. manifest to the senses or mind as real or true on the basis of evidence that may or may not be factually valid <the air of spontaneity is perhaps more apparent than real — J. R. Sutherland> • apparentness noun Synonyms: apparent, illusory, seeming, ostensible mean not actually being what appearance indicates. apparent suggests appearance to unaided senses that may or may not be borne out by more rigorous examination or greater knowledge <the apparent cause of the accident>. illusory implies a false impression based on deceptive resemblance or faulty observation, or influenced by emotions that prevent a clear view <an illusory sense of security>. seeming implies a character in the thing observed that gives it the appearance, sometimes through intent, of something else <the seeming simplicity of the story>. ostensible suggests a discrepancy between an openly declared or naturally implied aim or reason and the true one <the ostensible reason for their visit>. Synonym: see in addition evident.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 readily visible or perceivable. 2 seeming. Phrases and idioms: apparent horizon see HORIZON 1b. apparent magnitude the magnitude, i.e. brightness, of a celestial body as seen from the earth (opp. absolute magnitude). apparent time solar time (see SOLAR adj.). Derivatives: apparently adv. Etymology: ME f. OF aparant f. L (as APPEAR)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Apparent Ap*par"ent, n. An heir apparent. [Obs.] I'll draw it [the sword] as apparent to the crown. --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Apparent Ap*par"ent, a. [F. apparent, L. apparens, -entis, p. pr. of apparere. See Appear.] 1. Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view. The moon . . . apparent queen. --Milton. 2. Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable. It is apparent foul play. --Shak. 3. Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the apparent motion or diameter of the sun. To live on terms of civility, and even of apparent friendship. --Macaulay. What Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by astronomers called apparent magnitude. --Reid. Apparent horizon, the circle which in a level plain bounds our view, and is formed by the apparent meeting of the earth and heavens, as distinguished from the rational horizon. Apparent time. See Time. Heir apparent (Law), one whose to an estate is indefeasible if he survives the ancestor; -- in distinction from presumptive heir. See Presumptive. Syn: Visible; distinct; plain; obvious; clear; certain; evident; manifest; indubitable; notorious.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. An apparent situation, quality, or feeling seems to exist, although you cannot be certain that it does exist. I was a bit depressed by our apparent lack of progress... ADJ: ADJ n 2. If something is apparent to you, it is clear and obvious to you. It has been apparent that in other areas standards have held up well... = clear ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft it v-link ADJ that 3. If you say that something happens for no apparent reason, you cannot understand why it happens. The person may become dizzy for no apparent reason. PHRASE

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Visible, discernible, perceptible, in view, in sight, to be seen. 2. Manifest, obvious, patent, open, clear, evident, indubitable, plain, conspicuous, legible, unmistakable, in plain sight. 3. Seeming, specious, ostensible, external, superficial, not real, quasi.

Moby Thesaurus

Barmecidal, Barmecide, airy, apparitional, appearing, autistic, beholdable, chimeric, clear, clear as crystal, colorable, colored, conceivable, conspicuous, cortical, credible, crystal-clear, deceptive, delusional, delusionary, delusive, delusory, dereistic, detectable, discernible, disclosed, distinct, dreamlike, dreamy, epidermic, erroneous, evident, exomorphic, explicit, exposed, exposed to view, express, exterior, external, extrinsic, factitious, fake, fallacious, false, fantastic, fringe, gilded, hanging out, illusional, illusionary, illusive, illusory, imaginary, in evidence, in full view, in plain sight, in view, indisputable, indubitable, insight, manifest, marked, meretricious, misleading, naked, noticeable, observable, obvious, open, open to view, open-and-shut, ostensible, out, outcropping, outer, outermost, outlying, outmost, outside, outstanding, outward, outward-facing, palpable, patent, perceivable, perceptible, peripheral, perspicuous, phantasmagoric, phantasmal, phantom, plain, plain as day, plausible, ponderable, prominent, pseudo, public, reasonable, recognizable, revealed, roundabout, seeable, seeming, self-deceptive, self-deluding, self-evident, self-explaining, self-explanatory, sham, showing, specious, spectral, superficial, supposititious, surface, tangible, tinsel, to be seen, unactual, unambiguous, unclouded, unconcealed, undisguised, unequivocal, unfounded, unhidden, unmistakable, unreal, unsubstantial, viewable, visible, visionary, visual, witnessable