apparate
See also: Apparate
English
Etymology 2
From Late Latin apparēre (“to appear”), as of a servant who appears on being summoned. A back-formation from apparition.
Verb
apparate (third-person singular simple present apparates, present participle apparating, simple past and past participle apparated)
- (neologism) To appear magically; to teleport to or from a place.
- 2004, Julia Quinn, When He Was Wicked, page 105:
- "Reivers!" he bellowed. His valet appeared — or really, it seemed rather more like he apparated — in the doorway.
- 2005, Matthew Reilly, Scarecrow, page 115:
- What had silenced her, however, was the enormous demonic object that had apparated in the air beyond the tunnel's exit.
- 2008, P. L. Lansdon, Dreams of Dragons and Fantasies of Fairy Flight and Light: Book One:
- if it is an emergency, I will be able to apparate directly to wherever you are and help you.
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Italian
Verb
apparate
Latin
References
- apparate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- apparate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- apparate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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