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Manifest   /mˈænəfˌɛst/   Listen
adjective
Manifest  adj.  
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." "That which may be known of God is manifest in them." "Thus manifest to sight the god appeared."
2.
Detected; convicted; with of. (R.) "Calistho there stood manifest of shame."
Synonyms: Open; clear; apparent; evident; visible; conspicuous; plain; obvious. 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 is evident 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." "Entertained with solitude, Where obvious duty erewhile appeared unsought." "I saw, I saw him manifest in view, His voice, his figure, and his gesture knew."


verb
Manifest  v. t.  (past & past part. manifested; pres. part. 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." "Thy life did manifest thou lovedst me not."
2.
To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse.
Synonyms: To reveal; declare; evince; make known; disclose; discover; display.


noun
Manifest  n.  (pl. manifests)  
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; as, to inspect the ship's manifest.





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... redeemable and redeemed at the bank counters. The article in the Constitution of 1787, prohibiting the issue of bills of credit by the States, was evidently intended to secure a uniform currency to the people of the United States, and it has been by a strange perversion of this manifest intention that the power has been conceded to the States to charter corporations to do that which was forbidden to themselves in their sovereign capacity; namely, to issue bills of credit, which bank-notes ...
— Albert Gallatin - American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII • John Austin Stevens
... brides I believe generally do, in a sort of trouble of felicity. I did not know how to be sufficiently thankful to Heaven for the treasure I found myself the possessor of; such a sweetness of temper and such a tenderness of affection did my husband continually manifest towards me. After a short season of festivity, spent at the house of my aunt, we travelled together without any other companion towards Paris, where the Count had a residence elegantly fitted up to receive us. The journey ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 • Various
... for the manifest danger, I could have laughed aloud at what I read in the eyes of the king. Was it not supremely ridiculous for Desiree Le Mire, who had been sought after by the great and the wealthy and the powerful of all ...
— Under the Andes • Rex Stout
... correlation, from their equivalence, from their parallelism, knowledge will be derived and will be productive of good results, in proportion as egotistical sentiment is eliminated from them; and slowly, with the wisdom acquired by experience, common sense will manifest itself tranquil and redoubtable, working always for the accomplishment of good as does everything which is the ...
— Common Sense - - Subtitle: How To Exercise It • Yoritomo-Tashi
... or false Geneura's tale of shame; If she her lover blessed I little heed: For this my praise the lady well might claim, If manifest were not that gentle deed. My every thought is turned to aid the dame. Grant me but one to guide my steps, and lead Quickly to where the foul accuser stands, I trust in God ...
— Orlando Furioso • Lodovico Ariosto


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