The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - appearv.

1) come forth, become visible or manifest, put in an appearance, materialize, surface, emerge, rise, arise, come up, enter (into) the picture, show oneself, turn up, arrive, come, Colloq crop or show up; Slang show: Suddenly, a vision appeared before me. His wife appeared after an absence of ten years. 2) perform, act, play, take the role or part of: She has appeared as Roxanne in dozens of productions of Cyrano de Bergerac . 3) occur, happen, come up, be included, figure, arrive: That four-letter word does not appear in written form till the 20th century. 4) seem, be clear or evident or plain or manifest; look: It appears that the money was taken while the manager was at lunch. 5) be published, come out, become available: The next issue will appear in March.