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manifest (verb), manifests; manifested; manifesting
1. To show or to demonstrate plainly; to reveal: The prosecutor at the trial was able to manifest evidence that proved the accused was guilty of the crime.
2. To record a ship's list of cargo or passengers it is carrying on a ship or an aircraft: The captain's assistant manifested an invoice of goods that had been brought aboard for transportation to another destination.
3. Etymology: originally, "that which can be seized by the hand"; compounded of Latin manus, "hand" and -festus, "capable of being seized".
This entry is located in the following units: fest-, -fest (page 1) manu-, man-, mani-, mandat-, manda- (page 4)
manifest (adjective), more manifest, most manifest
Referring to something which is clear or obvious to the senses and not hidden: It was certainly a manifest conclusion that Jack was an excellent cook because the dinner consisted of five courses and each one was appetizing and delicious.
A reference to being obvious and evident.
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Conveying a plain understanding of what is going on.
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Easily perceived by observing a condition.
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This entry is located in the following unit: manu-, man-, mani-, mandat-, manda- (page 4)
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(Greek: manifest; show, appear, make appear, make visible, display; visible; to show through, to shine through; illustrious)
(Latin: videre, "to see"; plus words with other related meanings: to notice, noticing, noticed; observe, observing, observed; look, looking, looked; perceive, perceiving, perceived, perception; see, seeing, saw, seen, sight; view, viewing, viewed; manifest, manifesting, manifested; reveal, revealing, revealed, revelelation)
(Greek: to show; to make visible, to manifest, to open)