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<p><b>2.</b> <def>Detected; convicted; -- with <ptcl>of</ptcl>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Calistho there stood <b>manifest</b> of shame. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Open; clear; apparent; evident; visible; conspicuous; plain; obvious.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Manifest</er>, <er>Clear</er>, <er>Plain</er>, <er>Obvious</er>, <er>Evident</er>. What is <i>clear</i> can be seen readily; what is <i>obvious</i> lies directly in our way, and necessarily arrests our attention; what is<i>evident</i> is seen so clearly as to remove doubt; what is <i>manifest</i> is very distinctly evident.</usage>

<blockquote>So <b>clear</b>, so shining, and so <b>evident</b>, That it will glimmer through a blind man's eye. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Entertained with solitude, Where <b>obvious</b> duty er<?/while appeared unsought. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I saw, I saw him <b>manifest</b> in view, His voice, his figure, and his gesture knew. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Manifest</h1> <Xpage=891>

<hw>Man"i*fest</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Manifests</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>manifeste</ets>. See <er>Manifest</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, and cf. <er>Manifesto</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A public declaration; an open statement; a manifesto. See <er>Manifesto</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def><-- = ship's manifest -->

<i>Bouvier.</i>

<h1>Manifest</h1> <Xpage=891>

<hw>Man"i*fest</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Manifested</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Manifesting</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, -- usually to the mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to exhibit.</def>

<blockquote>There is nothing hid which shall not be <b>manifested</b>. <i>Mark iv. 22.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Thy life did <b>manifest</b> thou lovedst me not. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- To reveal; declare; evince; make known; disclose; discover; display.</syn>

<h1>Manifestable</h1> <Xpage=891>

<hw>Man"i*fest`a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Such as can be manifested.</def>

<h1>Manifestation</h1> <Xpage=891>

<hw>Man`i*fes*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>manifestatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>manifestation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of manifesting or disclosing, or the state of being manifested; discovery to the eye or to the understanding; also, that which manifests; exhibition; display; revelation; <as>as, the <ex>manifestation</ex> of God's power in creation</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The secret manner in which acts of mercy ought to be performed, requires this public <b>manifestation</b> of them at the great day. <i>Atterbury.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Manifestible</h1> <Xpage=891>

<hw>Man"i*fest`i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Manifestable.</def>

<h1>Manifestly</h1> <Xpage=891>

<hw>Man"i*fest*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a manifest manner.</def>

<h1>Manifestness</h1> <Xpage=891>

<hw>Man"i*fest*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being manifest; obviousness.</def>

<h1>Manifesto</h1> <Xpage=891>

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