Reappearing

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Coming into view or becoming visible once more after being hidden or absent
2. Showing up again after a period of disappearance, returning to sight or attention
3. Appearing again after having vanished, repeatedly becoming noticeable or evident

Etymology: "Reappearing" is the present participle of "reappear", so the real story belongs to "appear" and to the prefix "re-". "Appear" came into English in Middle English from Old French "aparoir", which in turn came from Latin "apparere", meaning to come into view or show oneself. The Latin verb was built from "ad-" ("to") and "parere", meaning to come forth or be visible, a sense that also lies behind "apparent" and "apparition". The prefix "re-" is the more active ingredient here. It is an ordinary Latin prefix meaning "again" or "back", and it was attached to English "appear" to produce "reappear", meaning to come into view once more after having been out of sight. Its present participle, "reappearing", carries the same sense of a thing that keeps returning to view.

Synonyms: returning, re-emerging