verb

1. To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.

2. To come before the public.

   “A great writer appeared at that time.”

3. To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, etc.; to present oneself as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried.

Synonyms: look, emerge

noun

1. Appearance; act of coming into view