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reappear

/ˈriəpir/
/ˈriəpɪə/
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Other forms: reappeared; reappears; reappearing

When something shows up again, it reappears. A diver can plunge into the water from the diving board, swim underwater, and reappear at the far end of the pool.

A magician might make your ten dollar bill disappear, but it's not a great trick if she doesn't then make it reappear. You may think your winter cold is over until the symptoms — sneezing and coughing — reappear suddenly. Anything that goes away and comes back reappears. The word adds the "again" prefix re- to appear, from its Latin root apparere, "come in sight."

Definitions of reappear
  1. verb
    appear again
    “The sores reappeared on her body”
    “Her husband reappeared after having left her years ago”
    synonyms: re-emerge
    see moresee less
    types:
    resurface
    appear again
    come back, return
    be restored
    type of:
    appear
    come into sight or view
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