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English
Etymology 1
From Latin apparātus.
Noun
apparate (plural apparates)
- (obsolete) apparatus
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)
- (fantasy, intransitive) 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, page 254:if it is an emergency, I will be able to apparate directly to wherever you are and help you.
Derived terms
Translations
to teleport to or from a place
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
apparate
- inflection of apparare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
apparate f pl
- feminine plural of apparato
Latin
Pronunciation
Participle
apparāte
- vocative masculine singular of apparātus
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.