Exhibit
[ɪg'zɪbɪt;eg-] or [ɪɡ'zɪbɪt]
Definition
(noun.) an object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence.
(verb.) show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill; 'he exhibits a great talent'.
Edited by Abraham--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To administer as a remedy; as, to exhibit calomel.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A document produced and identified in court for future use as evidence.
Typist: Mabel
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Show, display, present to view, offer for inspection.[2]. Manifest, express, indicate, disclose, make known, bring to notice, bring into view, point out, set forth.[3]. (Law.) Offer, present, propose.[4]. (Med.) Administer (medicine).
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Show, manifest, evidence, evince, betray, demonstrate, illustrate
ANT:Suppress, conceal, secrete, mask, hide
Inputed by Isabella
Definition
v.t. to hold forth or present to view: to present formally or publicly.—n. (law) a document produced in court to be used as evidence: something exhibited: an article at an exhibition.—ns. Exhib′iter Exhib′itor; Exhibi′tion presentation to view: display: a public show esp. of works of art manufactures &c.: that which is exhibited: an allowance or bounty to scholars in a university; Exhibi′tioner one who enjoys an exhibition at a university; Exhibi′tionist.—adjs. Exhib′itive serving for exhibition: representative; Exhib′itory exhibiting.—Make an exhibition of one's self to behave foolishly exciting ridicule.
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Examples
- If your good lady doesn't exhibit something in the shape of a contradiction in that time, Heaven help you! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It became the most wonderful exhibit of the Centennial, and the judges gave Bell their Certificate of Award. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Nothing daunted, however, he organized a magnificent exhibit for the Great International Exhibition held in Crystal Palace at Hyde Park, London, in 1851. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- And you, said he, when in England, have only to exhibit your accounts to the treasury, and you will be paid immediately. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Having no other man I could spare at that time, I sent him over with my carbon transmitter telephone to exhibit it in England. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The Paris plant, like that at the Crystal Palace, was a temporary exhibit. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I exhibit two shoulders of mutton, one cooked, the other raw; they are from sheep killed Jan. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Many special tools, particularly those designed for _bicycle work_, have been devised, as exhibited by patent to Hillman, August 11, 1891, No. 457,718. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The list would be too long to simply name all the ingenious machines there exhibited and subsequently invented for every important operation. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He took a neat little leather case out of a drawer, and opening it he exhibited a number of shining instruments. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The average spectator today can see a defect in an exhibited film as quickly as an expert. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The emphasis in school upon this particular tool has, however, its dangers--dangers which are not theoretical but exhibited in practice. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- If I had presented a pistol at his head, this abandoned wretch could hardly have exhibited greater consternation. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I started immediately making several larger and better machines, which I exhibited at Menlo Park to crowds. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Among the exhibits of that Exposition was the Edison system of incandescent lighting. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Barker cabled as follows from Paris, announcing the decision of the expert jury which passed upon the exhibits: Accept my congratulations. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A highly finished engraved copper-plate has a film of metal deposited over its whole surface, which, when detached, exhibits all the lines that are cut into the copper-plate in relief. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The record of the arts is of most use because it exhibits things in motion, and leads more directly to practice. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The afternoon, however, was very warm, and there were a great many exhibits for the judges to inspect. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It is only toward the close of its development that the embryo exhibits the characteristics of its parent species. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- There was the first grain-binder, and the earliest crude electric light, and Elisha Gray’s musical telegraph, and exhibits of printing telegraphs. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The conversation exhibiting these unequivocal symptoms of verging on the personal, Mr. Pickwick deemed it a fit point at which to interpose. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The liberal and advanced churches recognize this fact by exhibiting a great preoccupation with everyday affairs. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Miss Wren's troublesome child was in the corner in deep disgrace, and exhibiting great wretchedness in the shivering stage of prostration from drink. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- We made him talkative by exhibiting an interest we never betrayed to guides. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- There was the coat in its usual place, but exhibiting, on a close inspection, evident tokens of having been worn on the preceding night. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- As it was, not only Edison, but all the company's directors, officers, and employees, were kept busy exhibiting and explaining the light. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mr. Holmes, Mr. Holmes, he said, turning the front of his coat and exhibiting the butt of a large revolver, which projected from the inside pocket. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Typist: Margery