The moon . . . apparent queen.
Milton.

It is apparent foul play.
Shak.

To live on terms of civility, and even of apparent friendship.
Macaulay.

What Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by astronomers called apparent magnitude.
Reid.

Apparent horizon, the circle which in a level plain bounds our view, and is formed by the apparent meeting of the earth and heavens, as distinguished from the rational horizon. -- Apparent time. See Time. -- Heir apparent (Law), one whose to an estate is indefeasible if he survives the ancestor; -- in distinction from presumptive heir. See Presumptive.

Syn. -- Visible; distinct; plain; obvious; clear; certain; evident; manifest; indubitable; notorious.

I'll draw it [the sword] as apparent to the crown.
Shak.