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Webster 1913 Edition


Exhibit

Ex-hib′it

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Exhibited
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Exhibiting
.]
[L.
exhibitus
, p. p. of
exhibere
to hold forth, to tender, exhibit;
ex
out +
habere
to have or hold. See
Habit
.]
1.
To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice to what is interesting; to display;
as, to
exhibit
commodities in a warehouse, a picture in a gallery
.
Exhibiting
a miserable example of the weakness of mind and body.
Pope.
2.
(Law)
To submit, as a document, to a court or officer, in course of proceedings; also, to present or offer officially or in legal form; to bring, as a charge.
He suffered his attorney-general to
exhibit
a charge of high treason against the earl.
Clarendon.
3.
(Med.)
To administer as a remedy;
as, to
exhibit
calomel
.
To exhibit a foundation or prize
,
to hold it forth or to tender it as a bounty to candidates.
To exibit an essay
,
to declaim or otherwise present it in public.
[Obs.]

Ex-hib′it

,
Noun.
1.
Any article, or collection of articles, displayed to view, as in an industrial exhibition; a display;
as, this
exhibit
was marked A; the English
exhibit
.
2.
(Law)
A document produced and identified in court for future use as evidence.

Webster 1828 Edition


Exhibit

EXHIBIT

,
Verb.
T.
egzhib'it. [L. e xhibeo; ex and habeo, to have or hold, as we say, to hold out or forth.]
1.
To offer or present to view; to present for inspection; to show; as, to exhibit painting or other specimens of art; to exhibit papers or documents in court.
2.
To show; to display; to manifest publicly; as, to exhibit a noble example of bravery or generosity.
3.
To present; to offer publicly or officially; as, to exhibit a charge of high treason.

Definition 2024


exhibit

exhibit

English

Verb

exhibit (third-person singular simple present exhibits, present participle exhibiting, simple past and past participle exhibited)

  1. (transitive) To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
    He wanted to exhibit his baseball cards.
    • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 5, in The Celebrity:
      Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.
  2. (transitive) To demonstrate.
    The players exhibited great skill.
    • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 13, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
      And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.
  3. (transitive, law) To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence.
    I now exhibit this bloody hammer.
  4. (intransitive) To put on a public display.
    Will you be exhibiting this year?
  5. (medicine) To administer as a remedy.
    to exhibit calomel

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Noun

exhibit (plural exhibits)

  1. An instance of exhibiting.
  2. That which is exhibited.
  3. A public showing; an exhibition.
    The museum's new exhibit is drawing quite a crowd.
  4. (law) An article formally introduced as evidence in a court.
    Exhibit A is this photograph of the corpse.

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Verb

exhibit

  1. past participle of exhibir