apparate

See also: Apparate

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.

Derived terms

• disapparate
• reapparate

 

Translations

to teleport to or from a place

• Dutch: verschijnselen (nl)
• Hebrew: הִתְעַתֵּק (hit'atéq)
• Portuguese: aparatar (pt)

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ap.paˈraː.te/, [äpːäˈräːt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ap.paˈra.te/, [äpːäˈräːt̪e]

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.