Search Result for "manifest": pronunciation
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a customs document listing the contents put on a ship or plane;


VERB (3)

1. provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes;
- Example: "His high fever attested to his illness"
- Example: "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication"
- Example: "This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness"
[syn: attest, certify, manifest, demonstrate, evidence]

2. record in a ship's manifest;
- Example: "each passenger must be manifested"

3. reveal its presence or make an appearance;
- Example: "the ghost manifests each year on the same day"


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment;
- Example: "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"
- Example: "evident hostility"
- Example: "manifest disapproval"
- Example: "patent advantages"
- Example: "made his meaning plain"
- Example: "it is plain that he is no reactionary"
- Example: "in plain view"
[syn: apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Manifest \Man"i*fest\, a. [F. manifeste, L. manifestus, lit.,
   struck by the hand, hence, palpable; manus hand + fendere (in
   comp.) to strike. See Manual, and Defend.]
   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.
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            Neither is there any creature that is not manifest
            in his sight.                         -- Heb. iv.
                                                  13.
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            That which may be known of God is manifest in them.
                                                  --Rom. i. 19.
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            Thus manifest to sight the god appeared. --Dryden.
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   2. Detected; convicted; -- with of. [R.]
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            Calistho there stood manifest of shame. --Dryden.
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   Syn: Open; clear; apparent; evident; visible; conspicuous;
        plain; obvious.

   Usage: 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.
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                So clear, so shining, and so evident,
                That it will glimmer through a blind man's eye.
                                                  --Shak.
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                Entertained with solitude,
                Where obvious duty erewhile appeared unsought.
                                                  --Milton.
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                I saw, I saw him manifest in view,
                His voice, his figure, and his gesture knew.
                                                  --Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Manifest \Man"i*fest\, n.; pl. Manifests. [Cf. F. manifeste.
   See Manifest, a., and cf. Manifesto.]
   1. A public declaration; an open statement; a manifesto. See
      Manifesto. [Obs.]
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   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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Manifest \Man"i*fest\, v. 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.
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            There is nothing hid which shall not be manifested.
                                                  --Mark iv. 22.
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            Thy life did manifest thou lovedst me not. --Shak.
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   2. To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to
      declare at the customhouse.
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   Syn: To reveal; declare; evince; make known; disclose;
        discover; display.
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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

265 Moby Thesaurus words for "manifest":
   account, advertise, affect, aggrandize, air, apparent, appear,
   approve, argue, attest, augment, bare, be indicative of,
   be revealed, be significant of, be symptomatic of, become known,
   beef up, beholdable, bespeak, betoken, betray, bill,
   bill of account, bill of fare, bill of lading, blatant,
   blazon forth, books, boost, brandish, break forth, break the seal,
   breathe, bring forth, bring forward, bring into view, bring out,
   bring to light, bring to notice, carte, characterize, check, clear,
   clear as crystal, come out, come to light, compound,
   comprehensible, connote, conspicuous, corroborate, crystal-clear,
   dangle, declare, definite, demonstrate, denominate, denote,
   deobstruct, detectable, develop, differentiate, discernible,
   disclose, disclosed, discover, dismask, display, distinct, divulge,
   dramatize, draw the veil, dun, emblazon, embody, enact, enlarge,
   entail, evidence, evident, evince, exhibit, expand, explicit,
   expose, expose to view, exposed, exposed to view, express,
   exteriorize, externalize, flash, flaunt, flourish, free,
   furnish evidence, get out, give evidence, give indication of,
   give sign, give token, go to show, hanging out, highlight, hint,
   hold up, identify, illuminate, illustrate, impart, imply,
   in evidence, in full view, in plain sight, in view, incarnate,
   indicate, indisputable, indubitable, insight, invoice, involve,
   itemized bill, lay bare, lay open, leak out, ledger,
   let daylight in, let out, magnify, make clear, make plain,
   manifest itself, manifold, mark, materialize, mean, menu, multiply,
   naked, note, noticeable, objectify, observable, obvious, open,
   open to view, open up, open-and-shut, out, outcropping, palpable,
   parade, patefy, patent, perceivable, perceptible, perform,
   personalize, personify, perspicuous, plain, plain as day, point to,
   present, proclaim, produce, prominent, prove, put forth,
   put forward, raise the curtain, reckoning, recognizable, represent,
   reveal, revealed, roll out, score, seeable, self-evident,
   self-explaining, self-explanatory, set forth, show, show forth,
   show its colors, show its face, show signs of, show up, showing,
   shown, signalize, signify, speak for itself, speak volumes, sport,
   spotlight, stand for, stand revealed, statement, straightforward,
   strip bare, substantiate, suggest, symptomatize, symptomize, tab,
   tangible, tell, tend to show, testify, to be seen, token, told,
   transpire, trot out, trumpet, trumpet forth, unambiguous, unblock,
   uncase, unclench, uncloak, unclog, unclouded, unclutch,
   unconcealed, uncork, uncover, uncurtain, undisguised, undo,
   undrape, unfold, unfoul, unfurl, unhidden, unkennel, unlatch,
   unlock, unmask, unmistakable, unpack, unplug, unquestionable,
   unroll, unscreen, unseal, unsheathe, unshroud, unshut, unstop,
   unveil, unwrap, utter, vaunt, vent, viewable, visible, visual,
   voice, wave, witnessable