To appear or become visible, an archaic or poetic variant of 'appear.' Used in older literature and some dialects.
From Old French aparoir, from Latin apparere meaning 'to appear, come into sight.' The shortened form 'apar' represents an older stage of the word before the full modern form 'appear' became standard in English.
This truncated form of 'appear' demonstrates how English has both preserved and modified French loanwords over centuries - sometimes we kept shorter medieval forms, other times we readopted fuller Latin forms during the Renaissance. Poetry often preserves these older variants for their rhythmic utility.
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