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

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.

Translations

to teleport to or from a place

• Dutch: verschijnselen (nl)
• Hebrew: הִתְעַתֵּק (hit'atéq)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: aparatar

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Italian

Verb

apparate

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

Participle

apparate

1. feminine plural of the past participle of apparare

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Latin

Pronunciation

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

Participle

(deprecated template usage) 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.