apparate

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English

Etymology 1

From Latin apparātus.

Noun

apparate (plural apparates)

  1. (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)

  1. (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.
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Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

apparate

  1. inflection of apparare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

apparate f pl

  1. feminine plural of apparato

Latin

Pronunciation

Participle

apparāte

  1. 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.