(n): an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
(n): the event of coming into sight
(n): an event that happens
(n): formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action
(n): the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.)
(n): a mental representation
(n): a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image
(n): the act of appearing in public view
(n): the act of arriving at a certain place
(n): pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression
(n): the act of giving a false appearance
"It is hard for men to dress up their appearance. And it becomes no easier with age. The lawyer must have been in his eighties, and time had removed his body structure. But his tailor had accomplished a Christian miracle. Thelight-blue suit had achieved resurrection of the flesh as far as his torso was concerned. However, tailors can't do anything above the collar. The man looked like a turtle. But one should not underestimate turtles. In the sixties, when entertainers still performed at fairs with trained reptiles, Kasper had seen hundred-year-old Russian turtles mating. They had bellowed like people."
- 'The Quiet Girl', Peter Høeg.