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appear collapse: come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon"; come into being or existence, or appear on the scene; "Then the computer came along and changed our lives"; "Homo sapiens appeared millions of years ago"; be issued or published; "Did your latest book appear yet?"; "The new Woody Allen film hasn't come out yet"; appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.; "Gielgud appears briefly in this movie"; "She appeared in `Hamlet' on the London stage"; seem to be true, probable, or apparent; "It seems that he is very gifted"; "It appears that the weather in California is very bad"; present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority; "He had to appear in court last month"; "She appeared on several charges of theft"

ostensible collapse: represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity"

dud collapse: failing to detonate; especially not charged with an active explosive; "he stepped on a dud mine"

self-deception collapse: a misconception that is favorable to the person who holds it

chimera collapse: a grotesque product of the imagination; (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon

bespeak collapse: be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"

perversion collapse: the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use); "it was a perversion of justice"; an aberrant sexual practice that is preferred to normal intercourse; a curve that reverses the direction of something; "the tendrils of the plant exhibited perversion"; "perversion also shows up in kinky telephone cords"

hypocritical collapse: professing feelings or virtues one does not have; "hypocritical praise"

circumstantial collapse: fully detailed and specific about particulars; "a circumstantial report about the debate"

announce collapse: announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war"; foreshadow or presage; make known; make an announcement; "She denoted her feelings clearly"; give the names of; "He announced the winners of the spelling bee"

unproved collapse: not proved; "unproved allegations"; "unproved assumptions"

fishy collapse: not as expected; "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior"; of or relating to or resembling fish; "the soup had a fishy smell"

indication collapse: something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary; "there were indications that it was time to leave"; something that serves to indicate or suggest; "an indication of foul play"; "indications of strain"; "symptoms are the prime indicants of disease"; (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure; "the presence of bacterial infection was an indication for the use of antibiotics"; the act of indicating or pointing out by name

voucher collapse: a document that serves as evidence of some expenditure; someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement

exaggeration collapse: the act of making something more noticeable than usual; "the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness"; making to seem more important than it really is

factual collapse: characterized by fact; "the factual aspects of the case"; of or relating to or characterized by facts; "factual considerations"

channel collapse: a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through; "the fields were crossed with irrigation channels"; "gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street"; a television station and its programs; "a satellite TV channel"; "surfing through the channels"; "they offer more than one hundred channels"; a path over which electrical signals can pass; "a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company"; (often plural) a means of communication or access; "it must go through official channels"; "lines of communication were set up between the two firms"; a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels; "the ship went aground in the channel"; direct the flow of; "channel information towards a broad audience"

azimuth collapse: the azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian

delusive collapse: inappropriate to reality or facts; "delusive faith in a wonder drug"; "delusive expectations"; "false hopes"

assertion collapse: a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)

unction collapse: anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual; excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm

outreach collapse: the act of reaching out; "the outreach toward truth of the human spirit"

false collapse: (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful; "a false friend"; "when lovers prove untrue"; arising from error; "a false assumption"; "a mistaken view of the situation"; inaccurate in pitch; "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key"; designed to deceive; "a suitcase with a false bottom"; deliberately deceptive; "hollow (or false) promises"; "false pretenses"; not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality; "gave false testimony under oath"; "false tales of bravery"; erroneous and usually accidental; "a false start"; "a false alarm"

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