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Webster 1913 Edition
Manifest
Man′i-fest
,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. 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.
–
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
That it will glimmer through a blind man’s eye.
clear
, so shining, and so evident
,That it will glimmer through a blind man’s eye.
Shakespeare
Entertained with solitude,
Where
Where
obvious
duty erewhile appeared unsought. Milton.
I saw, I saw him
His voice, his figure, and his gesture knew.
manifest
in view,His voice, his figure, and his gesture knew.
Dryden.
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
Bouvier.
Man′i-fest
,Verb.
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. Shakespeare
2.
To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse.
Syn. – To reveal; declare; evince; make known; disclose; discover; display.
Webster 1828 Edition
Manifest
MAN'IFEST
,Adj.
1.
Plain, open, clearly visible to the eye or obvious to the understanding; apparent; not obscure or difficult to be seen or understood. From the testimony, the truth we conceive to be manifest. Thus manifest to sight the god appeared.
That which may be known of God is manifest in them. Rom.1.
2.
Detected; with of. Calistho there stood manifest of shame. [Unusual.]
MAN'IFEST
,Noun.