apparate

English

Etymology 1

From Latin apparātus

Noun

apparate (plural apparates)

1. (obsolete) apparatus

Etymology 2

From Latin apparēre (to appear) in late Latin, 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. (neologism) 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:

     if it is an emergency, I will be able to apparate directly to wherever you are and help you.

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Latin

Participle

apparāte

1. vocative masculine singular of apparātus