Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, act v. sc. 4.
Have they not sword-players, and every sort
Of gymnic artists, wrestlers, riders, runners,
Jugglers and dancers, antics, mummers, mimics?
Milton, Samson Agonistes, 1323.
| Apparent, | } |
| Apparently. |
With the exception of the one phrase ‘heir apparent,’ meaning heir evident, manifest, undoubted, we do not any longer employ ‘apparent’ for that which appears, because it is, but always either for that which appears and is not, or for that which appears, leaving in doubt whether it is or no.
It is apparent foul play; and ’tis shame
That greatness should so grossly offer it.
Shakespeare, King John, act iv. sc. 2.