Appear and Wake

Appear

Appear verb - To come into view.

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Wake and appear are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wake" instead a verb "Appear".

Nearby Words: appearance, appearing

Wake verb - To cause to stop sleeping.

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Appear and wake are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Appear" instead a verb "Wake".

Nearby Words: waken, waking, wakened, wakeful, wakening

man	appear man	wake man
people	appear people	wake people
parents	appear parents	wake parents
way	appear way	wake way
Other words: world, anyone, everyone, times.

She also seems able to appear in other people's dreams, as she used this aspect of her power to wake Sylar and get him save Peter, even while she was trapped in her own mind.

Source: Dreaming of Things to Come
The floating platforms appear to be sleeping, but wake up when a character rides on them.

Source: Video Game / Ufouria
They appear to be fine for a moment, but then get hallucinations and wake up at the park with no memory of what happened in between.

Source: Hot Sauce Drinking

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