Both Uses of
apparition
in
Great Expectations
- The apparition of a file of soldiers ringing down the but-ends of their loaded muskets on our door-step, caused the dinner-party to rise from table in confusion, and caused Mrs. Joe re-entering the kitchen empty-handed, to stop short and stare, in her wondering lament of "Gracious goodness gracious me, what's gone—with the— pie!"†
Chpt 5apparition = a ghostlike figure or its appearance
- At first Biddy gave a cry, as if she thought it was my apparition, but in another moment she was in my embrace.†
Chpt 58 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(apparition as in: a headless apparition) a ghostlike figure or its appearance
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, apparition can refer to any strange, other-worldly, thing or its appearance. Even more rarely, apparition can by a synonym for appearance. The Harry Potter series uses the word both ways.