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misappearances

misappearances is the plural of misappearance.

Meaning of misappearance

Noun

misappearance (plural misappearances)

  1. A false appearance; An instance of seeming as other than what is the true form; an illusion.
    • Certain priests, whom he describes as conversing very learnedly together, appeared to the children, who were at some distance, like dead horses; and many the like misappearances.1883, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: First-second Series, page 39
  2. Something that appears in a way that it should not.
    • We know of no set of men who are more quick to detect any misappearance than the force having charge of the condition of the yard.1903, Annual Report of the Board of Prison Commissioners of Massachusetts

Questions about misappearances

What is misappearances the plural of?
Misappearances is the plural of misappearance.

Words near misappearances in the dictionary

  1. misanthropizes
  2. misanthropizing
  3. misanthropy
  4. misappear
  5. misappearance
  6. misappearances
  7. misappeared
  8. misappearing
  9. misappears
  10. misappellation
  11. misappellations

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