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noun
- (obsolete) A public declaration; an open statement; a manifesto.
- A list or invoice of the passengers or goods being carried by a commercial vehicle or ship.
verb
- To show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, " usually to the mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to exhibit.
- His courage manifested itself via the look on his face.
- To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse.
adjective
- Evident to the senses, esp. to the sight; apparent; distinctly perceived; hence, obvious to the understanding; apparent to the mind; easily apprehensible; plain; not obscure or hidden.
- manifest of (rare) Detected; convicted.
- Calistho there stood manifest of shame. "Dryden.
Etymology: Latin manifestus, manufestus "palpable, manifest", from manus "hand" + - festus, participle of
- fendere "strike" (seen also in defendere, offendere, etc.).
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