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ex⋅hib⋅it

  [ig-zib-it]
Use exhibit in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to offer or expose to view; present for inspection: to exhibit the latest models of cars.
2. to manifest or display: to exhibit anger; to exhibit interest.
3. to place on show: to exhibit paintings.
4. to make manifest; explain.
5. Law. to submit (a document, object, etc.) in evidence in a court of law.
6. Medicine/Medical Obsolete. to administer (something) as a remedy.
–verb (used without object)
7. to make or give an exhibition; present something to public view.
–noun
8. an act or instance of exhibiting; exhibition.
9. something that is exhibited.
10. an object or a collection of objects shown in an exhibition, fair, etc.
11. Law. a document or object exhibited in court and referred to and identified in written evidence.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME exhibiten to show < L exhibitus (ptp. of exhibēre), equiv. to ex- ex- 1 + -hib- (comb. form of habēre to have) + -itus -ite 2

Related forms:
ex⋅hib⋅it⋅a⋅ble, adjective
ex⋅hib⋅i⋅tor, ex⋅hib⋅it⋅er, ex⋅hib⋅it⋅ant, noun

Synonyms:
1. show, demonstrate. See display. 2. evince, disclose, betray, show, reveal. 8. showing, show, display. 9, 11. See evidence. 10. display.

Antonyms:
2. conceal.
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ex·hib·it   (ĭg-zĭb'ĭt, ěg-)   
v.   ex·hib·it·ed, ex·hib·it·ing, ex·hib·its

v.   tr.
  1. To show outwardly; display: exhibited pleasure by smiling.
    1. To present for others to see: rolled up his sleeve to exhibit the scar.
    2. To present in a public exhibition or contest: exhibited her paintings at a gallery. See Synonyms at show.
    3. To submit (evidence or documents) in a court.
    4. To present or introduce officially.
  3. To give evidence or an instance of; demonstrate: young musicians eager to exhibit their talent; a plant that exhibits dimorphism.
  4. Law
    1. To submit (evidence or documents) in a court.
    2. To present or introduce officially.
v.   intr.
To put something on public display.
n.  
  1. The act or an instance of exhibiting.
  2. Something exhibited: studied the dinosaur exhibits at the museum.
  3. A public showing; an exhibition: spent the afternoon at the space exhibit.
  4. Law Something, such as a document, formally introduced as evidence in court.

[Middle English exhibiten, from Latin exhibēre, exhibit- : ex-, ex- + habēre, to hold; see ghabh- in Indo-European roots.]
ex·hib'i·tor, ex·hib'it·er n., ex·hib'i·to'ry (-ĭ-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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Exhibit

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.]

Exhibit

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.
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Language Translation for : exhibit
Spanish: exponer,
German: ausstellen,
Japanese: 展示する
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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·tor noun

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
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: ex·hib·it
Pronunciation: ig-'zib-&t
Function: transitive verb
: to administer for medical purposes exhibited —A. B. Garrod>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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