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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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"Manifest" Quotes from Famous Books



... that the mine was just as described, only a nasty road would have to be built to it that would probably cost L80,000 or L100,000, and the mill would have to be built. It looks to me like a total loss, Jim; but the swindle is so manifest that I believe we can make the conspirators disgorge at least the last half that ...
— The Wedge of Gold • C. C. Goodwin
... "Then suppose you manifest your love for me by refraining from meddling further in my affairs. Suppose from now on ...
— Carmen Ariza • Charles Francis Stocking
... resigned at once. It was already the end of July, and there must be an autumn Session with the new members. It was known to be impossible that he should find himself supported by a majority after a fresh election. He had been treated with manifest forbearance; the cake had been left in his hands for twelve months; the House was barely two years old; he had no "cry" with which to meet the country; the dissolution was factious, dishonest, and unconstitutional. So said ...
— Phineas Redux • Anthony Trollope
... de Lamballe has lain down on bed: "Madame, you are to be removed to the Abbaye." "I do not wish to remove; I am well enough here." There is a need-be for removing. She will arrange her dress a little, then; rude voices answer, "You have not far to go." She too is led to the hell-gate; a manifest Queen's-Friend. She shivers back, at the sight of bloody sabres; but there is no return: Onwards! That fair hindhead is cleft with the axe; the neck is severed. That fair body is cut in fragments; with indignities, and obscene horrors of moustachio grands-levres, which human nature would fain find ...
— The French Revolution • Thomas Carlyle
... existed, a vast influence upon the mental and moral character of the people—we mean a feeling of intense nationality. This feeling is not all that is required; without it no great originality or vigor in a people is probable, and where it has been strongly manifest, it has generally led to great deeds, and much mental activity. The character of this manifestation will, indeed, greatly depend upon the natural character of the people—upon the peculiar state of their civilization, and ...
— The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 • Various


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