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.

© [Webster 1913].

Ap*par"ent, n.

An heir apparent.

[Obs.]

I'll draw it [the sword] as apparent to the crown. Shak.

© [Webster 1913].

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