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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


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


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


1. obscure. 3. conceal.
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.
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