What does "manifest" mean?
Manifest: That which may be known of God is manifest in them. Rom. i.
Additional senses
- 2.Thus manifest to sight the god appeared. Dryden.
- 3.Detected; convicted; -- with of. [R.] Calistho there stood manifest of shame. Dryden. -- 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 isevident 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. Shak. Entertained with solitude, Where obvious duty erMilton. I saw, I saw him manifest in view, His voice, his figure, and his gesture knew. Dryden.
- 4.A public declaration; an open statement; a manifesto. See Manifesto. [Obs.]
- 5.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. Bouvier.
- 6.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. Mark iv.
- 7.Thy life did manifest thou lovedst me not. Shak.
- 8.To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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