Having a hue, coloured. †In early use in a wider sense: Figured, formed, fashioned in outward appearance, including but not confined to colour…

Evident. Obsolete.

Apparent, seeming. Obsolete.

Appearing, apparent; evident.

That has only the outward appearance of being what is denoted by the noun; appearing to be true or real only until examined more closely.

Apparent, as opposed to real. Obsolete. rare.

Apparent, seeming, not real. †Of treason: Presumptive, constructive. rare.

Appearing to the senses or mind, as distinct from (though not necessarily opposed to) what really is; seeming. Contrasted with real. (The commonest…

Apparent, seeming. Obsolete. rare.

figurative. Not deep or lasting; not as important or thorough as appears on the surface; not true or genuine. Cf. superficial, adj. 4 2 7.

Seeming, apparent. Obsolete.

In combinations (usually hyphenated) with adjectives in the sense of ‘apparently ——’.

Coined by Shakespeare (if the text is sound) to mean ‘like, resembling’, or perhaps ‘seeming, appearing’. In the later quots.: Seeming; simulating…

Seeming, apparent, counterfeit.