manifest

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man⋅i⋅fest

[man-uh-fest]

–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

To show or demonstrate plainly; reveal: "Mercedes . . . manifested the chaotic abandonment of hysteria" (Jack London).
To be evidence of; prove.
1. To record in a ship's manifest.
2. To display or present a manifest of (cargo).

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 g^whedh- in Indo-European roots.]
man'i·fest'ly adv.

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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.

Manifest

Man"i*fest\, n.; pl. Manifests. [Cf. F. manifeste. See Manifest, a., and cf. Manifesto.]

1. A public declaration; an open statement; a manifesto. See Manifesto. [Obs.]

2. A list or invoice of a ship's cargo, containing a description by marks, numbers, etc., of each package of goods, to be exhibited at the customhouse. --Bouvier.

Manifest

Man"i*fest\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manifested; p. pr. & vb. n. Manifesting.]

1. To show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, -- usually to the mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to exhibit.

There is nothing hid which shall not be manifested. --Mark iv. 22.

Thy life did manifest thou lovedst me not. --Shak.

2. To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse.

Syn: To reveal; declare; evince; make known; disclose; discover; display.

Language Translation for : manifest

Spanish: manifestar, mostrar,

German: offenbaren,

Japanese: 明らかにする

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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]

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)

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