apparent adj. (most freq. in sense 1)
1.
evident,
plain
Gent. III. i. 116
“Without apparent hazard
of his life,”
Cæs. II. i. 198.
2.
seeming
Mer.V. IV. i. 21
“thy strange-
cruelty.”
sb..
= heir apparent
3H6 II. ii. 64
“as apparent to the
crown”
; fig. claimant
Wint. I. ii. 177
“Next to thyself . . .,
he's Apparent to my heart.”
