ap·pa·ri·tion ( p  -r sh n)n. 1. A ghostly figure; a specter. 2. A sudden or unusual sight: "[The designer's] indoor-outdoor reversals and juxtapositions call forth a Magritte apparition beneath a Miami moon" (Herbert Muschamp). 3. The act of appearing; appearance. [Middle English apparicioun, from Old French apparition, from Late Latin app  riti , appritin-, an appearance, from Latin appritus, past participle of appr re, to appear; see appear.]ap pa·rition·al adj. |
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| Adj. | 1. | apparitional - resembling or characteristic of a phantom; "a ghostly face at the window"; "a phantasmal presence in the room"; "spectral emanations"; "spiritual tappings at a seance" supernatural - not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material; "supernatural forces and occurrences and beings" |
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