an object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence
2.
something shown to the public; "the museum had many exhibits of oriental art" [syn: display]
verb
1.
show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill; "he exhibits a great talent"
2.
to show, make visible or apparent; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship" [syn: expose]
3.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington" [syn: show]
4.
walk ostentatiously; "She parades her new husband around town" [syn: parade]
Main Entry: ex·hib·it Pronunciation: ig-'zib-&t Function: transitive verb : to administer for medical purposes <the patient should fast
… before chloroform is exhibited —A. B. Garrod>
Main Entry: exhibit Function: noun 1 a: a document or object produced and identified in court as evidence b: a document labeled with an identifying
mark (as a number or letter) and appended to a writing (as a brief) to which it is relevant 2: something exhibited 3: an act or instance of exhibiting
Main Entry: ex·hib·it Function: transitive verb 1: to submit (as a document) to a court or officer in the course of proceedings; also:
to present or offer officially or in legal form 2: to present to view or display outwardly —ex·hib·i·tornoun
Ex*hib"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhibited; p. pr. & vb. n. Exhibiting.] [L. exhibitus, p. p. of exhibere to hold forth, to tender, exhibit; ex out + habere to have or hold. See Habit.]1. To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice to what is interesting; to display; as, to exhibit commodities in a warehouse, a picture in a gallery. Exhibiting a miserable example of the weakness of mind and body. --Pope. 2. (Law) To submit, as a document, to a court or officer, in course of proceedings; also, to present or offer officially or in legal form; to bring, as a charge. He suffered his attorney-general to exhibit a charge of high treason against the earl. --Clarendon. 3. (Med.) To administer as a remedy; as, to exhibit calomel. To exhibit a foundation or prize, to hold it forth or to tender it as a bounty to candidates. To exibit an essay, to declaim or otherwise present it in public. [Obs.]
Ex*hib"it\, n. 1. Any article, or collection of articles, displayed to view, as in an industrial exhibition; a display; as, this exhibit was marked A; the English exhibit. 2. (Law) A document produced and identified in court for future use as evidence.
![[P]](http://cache.lexico.com/g/d/premium_mh.gif){kind=small}
Audio Help [ig-zib-it] Pronunciation Key 
