readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
2.
Psychoanalysis. of or pertaining to conscious feelings, ideas, and impulses that contain repressed psychic material: the manifest content of a dream as opposed to the latent content that it conceals.
–verb (used with object)
3.
to make clear or evident to the eye or the understanding; show plainly: He manifested his approval with a hearty laugh.
4.
to prove; put beyond doubt or question: The evidence manifests the guilt of the defendant.
5.
to record in a ship's manifest.
–noun
6.
a list of the cargo carried by a ship, made for the use of various agents and officials at the ports of destination.
7.
a list or invoice of goods transported by truck or train.
8.
a list of the cargo or passengers carried on an airplane.
[Origin: 1350–1400; (adj.) ME < L manifestus, manufestus detected in the act, evident, visible; (v.) ME manifesten < MF manifester < L manifestāre, deriv. of manifestus.See manus, infest]
man·i·festAudio Help (mān'ə-fěst') Pronunciation Key
adj.
Clearly apparent to the sight or understanding; obvious. See Synonyms at apparent.
tr.v.
man·i·fest·ed, man·i·fest·ing, man·i·fests
To show or demonstrate plainly; reveal: "Mercedes . . . manifested the chaotic abandonment of hysteria"(Jack London).
To be evidence of; prove.
To record in a ship's manifest.
To display or present a manifest of (cargo).
n.
A list of cargo or passengers carried on a ship or plane.
An invoice of goods carried on a truck or train.
A list of railroad cars according to owner and location.
[Middle English manifeste, from Old French, from Latin manufestus, manifestus, caught in the act, blatant, obvious; see gwhedh- in Indo-European roots.]
c.1374, "clearly revealed," from L. manifestus "caught in the act, plainly apprehensible, clear, evident," from manus "hand" (see manual) + -festus "struck" (cf. second element of infest). The noun sense of "ship's cargo" is from 1706. The verb sense of "to show plainly" is c.1374, from L. manifestare. In the spiritualism sense, manifestation is attested from 1853.
"Other nations have tried to check ... the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the Continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions." [John O'Sullivan (1813-1895), "U.S. Magazine & Democratic Review," July 1845]
clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view" [syn: apparent]
noun
1.
a customs document listing the contents put on a ship or plane
verb
1.
provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes; "His high fever attested to his illness"; "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication"; "This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness" [syn: attest]
2.
record in a ship's manifest; "each passenger must be manifested"
3.
reveal its presence or make an appearance; "the ghost manifests each year on the same day"
Main Entry: man·i·fest Pronunciation: 'ma-n&-"fest Function: adjective 1: capable of being readily perceived by the senses and esp. by
sight <a manifest injury> 2: capable of being easily understood or recognized : clearly evident, obvious, and indisputable <vacating an arbitrator's award
because of the arbitrator's manifest disregard of the law> —man·i·fest·lyadverb
Main Entry: manifest Function: transitive verb : to make evident or certain by showing or displaying <manifesting the intent to make a gift>
—man·i·fes·ta·tion/"ma-n&-f&-'stA-sh&n, -"fe-'stA-/noun
Clear\ (kl[=e]r), a. [Compar. Clearer (-[~e]r); superl. Clearest.] [OE. cler, cleer, OF. cler, F. clair, fr.L. clarus, clear, broght, loud, distinct, renownwd; perh. akin to L. clamare to call, E. claim. Cf. Chanticleer, Clairvoyant, Claret, Clarufy.]1. Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded. The stream is so transparent, pure, and clear. --Denham. Fair as the moon, clear as the sun. --Canticles vi. 10. 2. Free from ambiguity or indistinctness; lucid; perspicuous; plain; evident; manifest; indubitable. One truth is clear; whatever is, is right. --Pope. 3. Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating; as, a clear intellect; a clear head. Mother of science! now I feel thy power Within me clear, not only to discern Things in their causes, but to trace the ways Of highest agents. --Milton. 4. Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful. With a countenance as clear As friendship wears at feasts. --Shak. 5. Easily or distinctly heard; audible; canorous. Hark! the numbers soft and clear Gently steal upon the ear. --Pope. 6. Without mixture; entirely pure; as, clear sand. 7. Without defect or blemish, such as freckles or knots; as, a clear complexion; clear lumber. 8. Free from guilt or stain; unblemished. Statesman, yet friend to truth! in soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honor clear. --Pope. 9. Without diminution; in full; net; as, clear profit. I often wished that I had clear, For life, six hundred pounds a-year. --Swift . 10. Free from impediment or obstruction; unobstructed; as, a clear view; to keep clear of debt. My companion . . . left the way clear for him. --Addison. 11. Free from embarrassment; detention, etc. The cruel corporal whispered in my ear, Five pounds, if rightly tipped, would set me clear. --Gay. Clear breach. See under Breach, n., 4. Clear days (Law.), days reckoned from one day to another, excluding both the first and last day; as, from Sunday to Sunday there are six clear days. Clear stuff, boards, planks, etc., free from knots. Syn: Manifest; pure; unmixed; pellucid; transparent; luminous; obvious; visible; plain; evident; apparent; distinct; perspicuous. See Manifest.
Ev"i*dent\, a. [F. ['e]vinent, l. evidens, -entis; e out + videns, p. pr. of videre to see. See Vision.] Clear to the vision; especially, clear to the understanding, and satisfactory to the judgment; as, the figure or color of a body is evident to the senses; the guilt of an offender can not always be made evident. Your honor and your goodness is so evident. --Shak. And in our faces evident the sings Of foul concupiscence. --Milton. Syn: Manifest; plain; clear; obvious; visible; apparent; conclusive; indubitable; palpable; notorious. See Manifest.
Man"i*fest\, a. [F. manifeste, L. manifestus, lit., struck by the hand, hence, palpable; manus hand + fendere (in comp.) to strike. See Manual, and Defend.]1. 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. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight. -- Heb. iv. 13. That which may be known of God is manifest in them. --Rom. i. 19. Thus manifest to sight the god appeared. --Dryden. 2. Detected; convicted; -- with of. [R.] Calistho there stood manifest of shame. --Dryden. Syn: Open; clear; apparent; evident; visible; conspicuous; plain; obvious. Usage: Manifest, Clear, Plain, Obvious, Evident. What is clear can be seen readily; what is obvious lies directly in our way, and necessarily arrests our attention; what isevident is seen so clearly as to remove doubt; what is manifest is very distinctly evident. So clear, so shining, and so evident, That it will glimmer through a blind man's eye. --Shak. Entertained with solitude, Where obvious duty er?while appeared unsought. --Milton. I saw, I saw him manifest in view, His voice, his figure, and his gesture knew. --Dryden.