Obs. rare. [a. OFr. aparance, f. aparant:—L. adparānt-em, pr. pple. of ad-, apparā-re to make ready for: See -ANCE.] Preparation.
1546. Langley, Pol. Virg. De Invent., II. v. 44 a. The sunne rising is the begynning of al affaires … the night is a time of counselling & apparaunce.
1594. Hooker, Eccl. Pol., V. (1793), II. 41. To go about the building of an house to the God of heaven with no other apparance, than if his end were to rear up a kitchen.
