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APPARENT(law)
apparent(medicine)
apparent(dictionary)
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Apparent motion(health)
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Apparent Wind - Sailing(gambling)

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apparent adjective & noun. LME.
[Old French aparant, -ent (mod. apparent) from Latin apparent- pres. ppl stem of apparere APPEAR: see -ENT.]
A. adjective.
Open to sight; plainly visible. arch. LME.
G. Wither An Owl-eyed buzzard that by day is blinde, And sees not things apparant.
Manifest to the understanding; evident, obvious; palpable. LME.
heir apparent a person whose right of inheritance cannot be superseded by the birth of another (cf. heir presumptive s.v. PRESUMPTIVE adjective 1).
C. Hampton The man had no taste at all, as was apparent by the morons he'd already chosen. B. England His disapproval of the Court is quite apparent. S. Hill It was not apparent how he died, he seemed to have no injuries.
Likely, probable. E16-M18.
Seeming; that appears to the mind or senses, as distinct from (but not necessarily opposed to) what really is. Often contrasted with real. M17.
apparent MAGNITUDE. apparent solar time, apparent time: as calculated by the apparent motion of the sun (cf. mean solar time s.v. MEAN adjective2.).
Gibbon His real merit, and apparent fidelity, had gained the confidence both of the prince and people. D. H. Lawrence Her nature, in spite of her apparent placidity and calm, was profoundly restless.
B. noun. = heir apparent above. LME-M17.
apparentness noun (rare) L16.