apparition

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

APPARI'TION, noun [See Appear.] 1. In a general sense, an appearance; visibility. [Little used.] 2. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form. 3. A ghost; a specter; a visible spirit. [This is now the usual sense of the word.] 4. Mere appearance, opposed to reality.
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