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man⋅i⋅fest

  [man-uh-fest]
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–adjective
1. 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

Related forms:
man⋅i⋅fest⋅a⋅ble, adjective
man⋅i⋅fest⋅er, noun
man⋅i⋅fest⋅ly, adverb
man⋅i⋅fest⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. clear, distinct, unmistakable, patent, open, palpable, visible, conspicuous. 3. reveal, disclose, evince, evidence, demonstrate, declare, express. See display.

Antonyms:
1. obscure. 3. conceal.
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man·i·fest   (mān'ə-fěst')   
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

  1. To show or demonstrate plainly; reveal: "Mercedes . . . manifested the chaotic abandonment of hysteria" (Jack London).

  2. To be evidence of; prove.

    1. To record in a ship's manifest.

    2. To display or present a manifest of (cargo).

n.  

  1. A list of cargo or passengers carried on a ship or plane.

  2. An invoice of goods carried on a truck or train.

  3. 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.]
man'i·fest'ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

manifest  (adj.)
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]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: man·i·fest
Pronunciation: 'ma-n&-"fest
Function: adjective
1 : capable of being readily perceived by the senses and esp. by sight manifest injury>
2 : capable of being easily understood or recognized : clearly evident, obvious, and indisputable manifest disregard of the law> —man·i·fest·ly adverb

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

Main Entry: manifest
Function: noun
: a list of passengers or an invoice of cargo for a vehicle (as a ship or plane)
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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