Manifest
['mænɪfest] or ['mænɪfɛst]
Definition
(noun.) a customs document listing the contents put on a ship or plane.
(verb.) reveal its presence or make an appearance; 'the ghost manifests each year on the same day'.
(verb.) record in a ship's manifest; 'each passenger must be manifested'.
Typist: Theodore--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) 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.
(a.) Detected; convicted; -- with of.
(a.) A public declaration; an open statement; a manifesto. See Manifesto.
(a.) 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.
(v. t.) To show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, -- usually to the mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to exhibit.
(v. t.) To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse.
Editor: Orville
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Apparent, open, obvious, plain, evident, patent, clear, palpable, visible, unmistakable, glaring, notorious.
v. a. Show, exhibit, reveal, declare, display, disclose, prove, evince, discover, express, set forth, bring to light, expose to view, hold up to view, make known.
Typist: Serena
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Visible, obvious, distinct, conspicuous, indubitable, clear, evident, plain,patent, apparent, open
ANT:Invisible, dubious, inconspicuous, indistinct, manifest \v.\,[See EXHIBIT]
Inputed by Carmela
Definition
adj. that may be easily seen by the eye or perceived by the mind: clear: apparent: evident.—v.t. to make clear or easily seen: to show plainly: to put beyond doubt: to reveal or declare.—n. an open or public statement: a list or invoice of a ship's cargo to be exhibited at the custom-house.—adjs. Manifest′able Manifest′ible that can be manifested or clearly shown.—n. Manifestā′tion act of disclosing what is dark or secret: that by which something is manifested or shown: display: revelation.—adv. Man′ifestly.—n. Man′ifestness state of being manifest.
Checker: Reginald
Examples
- The manifest advantage of an even track for the wheels long ago suggested the idea of laying down wood and other hard, smooth surfaces for carriages to run upon. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Rawdon saw there was a manifest intention on Mrs. Bute's part to captivate him with Rebecca. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Until the time of Edison's investigations of 1875, now under consideration, electricity had never been known to manifest itself except through a closed circuit. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But in all the intimate relations of life his essential tenderness was manifest. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Not a sign of life was manifest upon her as she drifted slowly with the light breeze in a southeasterly direction. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- A shriek burst from the lips of the poor wretch; and then sudden motionlessness came over him; it was manifest to all that he was dead. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He used to laugh when the young fellows of the regiment joked him about Glorvina's manifest attentions to him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But even thus early the stronger love of mechanical processes and of probing natural forces manifested itself. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Dowsing, one of the pioneers of electric cooking, exhibited electric cookers and heaters at the Crystal Palace Electrical Exposition in London, was much interest manifested. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He secured not only Lady Jane's kindness, but her sincere regard, by the feelings which he manifested, and which he could not show to his own wife. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The institution soon manifested its utility; was imitated by other towns and in other provinces. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- There was a feeling of disgust manifested by the audience to find that he had come to life again. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The coldness of the upper region is manifested by the hail which sometimes falls from it in a hot day. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Miss Farish's heart was a fountain of tender illusions, Miss Stepney's a precise register of facts as manifested in their relation to herself. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- One might say t hat the brain is the instrument through which the mind manifests itself rather than the organ by which mind is excreted. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I know you well,' replied the girl, without manifesting the least emotion. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Will was ready to adore her pity and loyalty, if she would associate himself with her in manifesting them. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Edited by Astor