apparate
verbEtymology From Late Latin apparēre (“to appear”), as of a servant who appears on being summoned. A back-formation from apparition.
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Fantasy To appear magically; to teleport to or from a place.
- "Reivers!" he bellowed. His valet appeared — or really, it seemed rather more like he apparated — in the doorway.2004, Julia Quinn, When He Was Wicked, page 105:
- What had silenced her, however, was the enormous demonic object that had apparated in the air beyond the tunnel's exit.2005, Matthew Reilly, Scarecrow, page 115:
1 more example
- if it is an emergency, I will be able to apparate directly to wherever you are and help you.2008, P. L. Lansdon, Dreams of Dragons and Fantasies of Fairy Flight and Light: Book One, page 254:
- Derived terms
- disapparate, reapparate