appear before
1authoritative citation to appear before a court — index process (summons), summons, venire Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2appear before a court — participate in a trial, enter court to take part in a trial …
3appear — ap·pear vi 1: to present oneself before a person or body having authority to appear before the officer who is to take the deposition Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 37(d): as a: to present oneself in court as a party to a lawsuit often… …
4Appear — Ap*pear , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Appeared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Appearing}.] [OE. apperen, aperen, OF. aparoir, F. apparoir, fr. L. appar?re to appear + par?reto come forth, to be visible; prob. from the same root as par?re to produce. Cf. {Apparent} …
5appear — ap|pear W1S1 [əˈpıə US əˈpır] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(seem)¦ 2¦(give impression)¦ 3¦(start to be seen)¦ 4¦(film/tv programme etc)¦ 5¦(book/newspaper etc)¦ 6¦(available/known)¦ 7¦(law court/meeting)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: aparoir,… …
6appear — [[t]əpɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] ♦ appears, appearing, appeared 1) V LINK: no cont (vagueness) If you say that something appears to be the way you describe it, you are reporting what you believe or what you have been told, though you cannot be sure it is true.… …
7appear — verb 1 come into sight/existence ADVERB ▪ suddenly ▪ A man suddenly appeared in the doorway. ▪ from nowhere, magically ▪ A police officer appeared as if from nowhere and ordered us to halt …
8appear — v. 1) (D; intr.) to appear against; for (she appeared against him in court) 2) (D; intr.) to appear to (she appeared to him in a dream) 3) (E) she appears to be well 4) (L; to) it appears (to me) that they will not come 5) (esp. BE) (S) to appear …
9appear — verb 1 SEEM (linking verb, not in progressive) a word used especially in formal or written English meaning to seem: appear upset/calm etc: Roger appeared very upset. | The city appeared calm after the previous night s fighting. | appear to be:… …
10appear */*/*/ — UK [əˈpɪə(r)] / US [əˈpɪr] verb [intransitive, not usually progressive] Word forms appear : present tense I/you/we/they appear he/she/it appears present participle appearing past tense appeared past participle appeared 1) to make other people… …
