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exhibited

[ig-zib-it] Origin

ex·hib·it

[ig-zib-it]
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.
EXPAND
6.
Medicine/Medical Obsolete. to administer (something) as a remedy.
COLLAPSE
verb (used without object)
7.
to make or give an exhibition; present something to public view.

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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 Middle English exhibiten to show < Latin exhibitus (past participle of exhibēre), equivalent to ex- ex-1 + -hib- (combining form of habēre to have) + -itus -ite2

ex·hib·it·a·ble, adjective
ex·hib·i·tor, ex·hib·it·er, ex·hib·it·ant, noun
pre·ex·hib·it, noun, verb (used with object)
re·ex·hib·it, verb (used with object)
self-ex·hib·it·ed, adjective
EXPAND
un·ex·hib·it·a·ble, adjective
un·ex·hib·it·ed, adjective
well-ex·hib·it·ed, adjective
COLLAPSE


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


2. conceal.

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exhibit
1620s, "document or object produced as evidence in court," from L. exhibitum, neut. pp. of exhibere (see exhibition). Transf. use of exhibit A "important piece of evidence" is 1906.
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