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man·i·fest

(măn′ə-fĕst′)

adj.

Clearly apparent to the sight or understanding; obvious. See Synonyms at apparent.

v. man·i·fest·ed, man·i·fest·ing, man·i·fests

v.tr.

1. To show or demonstrate plainly; reveal: "[Her] soft appearance belied her ... steadfastness. She manifested no fear and allowed none in her voice" (Philip Roth).

a. To record in a ship's manifest.

b. To display or present a manifest of (cargo).

v.intr.

To become manifest; be revealed: Depression can manifest as irritability.

1. A list of cargo or passengers carried on a ship or plane.

2. An invoice of goods carried on a truck or train.

3. A list of railroad cars according to owner and location.

[Middle English manifeste, from Old French, from Latin manufestus, manifestus, caught in the act, blatant, obvious; see g^whedh- in Indo-European roots.]

man′i·fest′ly adv.

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manifest

(ˈmænɪˌfɛst)

adj

1. easily noticed or perceived; obvious; plain

2. (Psychoanalysis) psychoanal of or relating to the ostensible elements of a dream: manifest content. Compare latent⁵

3. (tr) to show plainly; reveal or display: to manifest great emotion.

4. (tr) to prove beyond doubt

5. (intr) (of a disembodied spirit) to appear in visible form

6. (Nautical Terms) (tr) to list in a ship's manifest

7. (Nautical Terms) a customs document containing particulars of a ship, its cargo, and its destination

8. (Aeronautics) a list of cargo, passengers, etc, on an aeroplane

9. (Railways) a list of railway trucks or their cargo

10. (Railways) chiefly US and Canadian a fast freight train carrying perishables

[C14: from Latin manifestus plain, literally: struck with the hand, from manū with the hand + -festus struck]

ˈmaniˌfestable adj

ˈmaniˌfestly adv

ˈmaniˌfestness n

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man•i•fest

(ˈmæn əˌfɛst)

adj.

1. readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident: a manifest error.

v.t.

2. to make clear or evident to the eye or the understanding: to manifest disapproval.

3. a list of the cargo or passengers carried by a ship, plane, truck, or train.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Latin manifestus detected in the act, evident, visible]

man′i•fest`a•ble, adj.

man′i•fest`ly, adv.

man′i•fest`ness, n.

syn: See display.

manifest

A document specifying in detail the passengers or items carried for a specific destination.

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manifest

Past participle: manifested
Gerund: manifesting

Imperative
manifest
manifest

Present
I manifest
you manifest
he/she/it manifests
we manifest
you manifest
they manifest

Preterite
I manifested
you manifested
he/she/it manifested
we manifested
you manifested
they manifested

Present Continuous
I am manifesting
you are manifesting
he/she/it is manifesting
we are manifesting
you are manifesting
they are manifesting

Present Perfect
I have manifested
you have manifested
he/she/it has manifested
we have manifested
you have manifested
they have manifested

Past Continuous
I was manifesting
you were manifesting
he/she/it was manifesting
we were manifesting
you were manifesting
they were manifesting

Past Perfect
I had manifested
you had manifested
he/she/it had manifested
we had manifested
you had manifested
they had manifested

Future
I will manifest
you will manifest
he/she/it will manifest
we will manifest
you will manifest
they will manifest

Future Perfect
I will have manifested
you will have manifested
he/she/it will have manifested
we will have manifested
you will have manifested
they will have manifested

Future Continuous
I will be manifesting
you will be manifesting
he/she/it will be manifesting
we will be manifesting
you will be manifesting
they will be manifesting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been manifesting
you have been manifesting
he/she/it has been manifesting
we have been manifesting
you have been manifesting
they have been manifesting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been manifesting
you will have been manifesting
he/she/it will have been manifesting
we will have been manifesting
you will have been manifesting
they will have been manifesting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been manifesting
you had been manifesting
he/she/it had been manifesting
we had been manifesting
you had been manifesting
they had been manifesting

Conditional
I would manifest
you would manifest
he/she/it would manifest
we would manifest
you would manifest
they would manifest

Past Conditional
I would have manifested
you would have manifested
he/she/it would have manifested
we would have manifested
you would have manifested
they would have manifested

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Noun	1.	manifest - a customs document listing the contents put on a ship or plane legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument - (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
Verb	1.	manifest - provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes; "His high fever attested to his illness"; "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication"; "This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness" attest, certify, evidence, demonstrate authenticate - establish the authenticity of something attest - establish or verify the usage of; "This word is not attested until 1993" reflect - give evidence of the quality of; "The mess in his dorm room reflects on the student" reflect - give evidence of a certain behavior; "His lack of interest in the project reflects badly on him" notarise, notarize - authenticate as a notary; "We had to have the signature notarized" bear witness, evidence, testify, prove, show - provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence" condemn - demonstrate the guilt of (someone); "Her strange behavior condemned her"
	2.	manifest - record in a ship's manifest; "each passenger must be manifested" record, enter, put down - make a record of; set down in permanent form
	3.	manifest - reveal its presence or make an appearance; "the ghost manifests each year on the same day" appear - come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon"
Adj.	1.	manifest - clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view" apparent, evident, plain, unmistakable, patent obvious - easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind; "obvious errors"

manifest

adjective

1. obvious, apparent, patent, evident, open, clear, plain, visible, bold, distinct, glaring, noticeable, blatant, conspicuous, unmistakable, palpable, salient cases of manifest injustice
obvious masked, disguised, concealed, suppressed, vague, veiled, inconspicuous, indistinct, unapparent

verb

1. display, show, reveal, establish, express, prove, declare, demonstrate, expose, exhibit, set forth, make plain, evince He's only convincing when that inner fury manifests itself.
display hide, cover, deny, mask, conceal, obscure, cover up, refute

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manifest

adjective

Readily seen, perceived, or understood:

apparent, clear, clear-cut, crystal clear, distinct, evident, noticeable, observable, obvious, patent, plain, pronounced, visible.

verb

1. To make manifest or apparent:

demonstrate, display, evidence, evince, exhibit, proclaim, reveal, show.

2. To give expression to, as by gestures, facial aspects, or bodily posture:

communicate, convey, display, express.

3. To represent (an abstraction, for example) in or as if in bodily form:

body forth, embody, exteriorize, externalize, incarnate, materialize, objectify, personalize, personify, substantiate.

Translations

واضِح، ظاهِريُظْهِر، يَكْشِف عن

očividnýprojevitprokázat

indlysendemanifesterevise

manifest manifestieren offenbar offenbaren offensichtlich

manifiesto mostrar patente conocimiento designar

ilmeinenilmoittaamanifestiselvittää

manifester montrer proclamer désigner évident

augljóssÿna ljóslega

manifestare nota di carico ovvio evidente

akivaizdus pavyzdysapraiškaapsireiškimas

izrādītparādītpaust

manifestvrachtbrief

åpenbar

apaçıkaşikârbelli etmekgöstermek manifesto

明显的显然的显现

manifest

[ˈmænɪfest]

A. ADJ → manifiesto, patente
to make sth manifest → poner algo de manifiesto

B. VT → manifestar
to manifest itself → manifestarse

C. N (Naut, Comm) → manifiesto m

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manifest

[ˈmænɪfɛst]

vt (= show) [+ feeling, quality] → manifester
to manifest itself (= become apparent) → se manifester
The virus needs two weeks to manifest itself → Le virus met deux semaines à se manifester.

adj [failure, injustice] → manifeste, évident(e)
to be made manifest → se révéler

n [plane, ship] → manifeste m

manifest

adj → offenkundig, offenbar; (= definite) → eindeutig; I think it’s manifest that … → es liegt doch wohl auf der Hand, dass …; to make something manifest → etw klarmachen or deutlich machen; he made it manifest that … → er machte klar or deutlich, dass …

n (Naut) → Manifest nt

vt → zeigen, bekunden

vr → sich zeigen; (Sci, Psych etc) → sich manifestieren; (ghost) → erscheinen; (guilt etc) → sich offenbaren, offenbar werden

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manifest

[ˈmænɪˌfɛst]

1. adj → evidente, manifesto/a, palese

2. vt → manifestare

3. n (Aer, Naut) → manifesto

manifest

(ˈmӕnifest) verb

to show (clearly). He manifested his character in his behaviour.

adjective

easily seen by the eye or understood by the mind; obvious. manifest stupidity.

ˈmanifestly adverb

ˌmanifeˈstation noun

1. an obvious or clear example. This is another manifestation of his ignorance.

2. the act of showing clearly.

manifest

v. manifestar; expresar; revelar; manifestarse, revelarse.

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For integrity used doth the one; but integrity professed, and with a manifest detestation of bribery, doth the other.

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It became, therefore, manifest that the Selenites, to support life under such conditions, must possess a special organization of their own, must differ remarkably from the inhabitants of the earth.

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"Wherefore not; since all the powers of nature call so earnestly for the confession of sin, that these black weeds have sprung up out of a buried heart, to make manifest, an outspoken crime?"

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For even a Sphere -- which is my proper name in my own country -- if he manifest himself at all to an inhabitant of Flatland -- must needs manifest himself as a Circle.

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That the executive head of a nation should be a person of lofty character and extraordinary ability, was manifest and indisputable; that none but the Deity could select that head unerr- ingly, was also manifest and indisputable; that the Deity ought to make that selection, then, was likewise manifest and indisputable; consequently, that He does make it, as claimed, was an unavoidable deduction.

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He thought he lived in a country where turkeys were the ruling class, and every year they held a feast to manifest their sense of Heaven's goodness in sparing their lives to kill them later.

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Tacit obedience implies no force upon the will, and consequently may be easily, and without any pains, preserved; but when a wife, a child, a relation, or a friend, performs what we desire, with grumbling and reluctance, with expressions of dislike and dissatisfaction, the manifest difficulty which they undergo must greatly enhance the obligation.

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My companion--to whose solicitations I had yielded in descending into the valley--now that the step was taken, began to manifest a degree of caution I had little expected from him.

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"It is not so," said Ishmael, whose usually inflexible features were beginning to manifest the uneasiness he felt.

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I thought it was pretty manifest that the elderly lady was embarrassed at finding herself in such a conspicuous place arrayed in such cheap apparel; I began to feel sorry for her and troubled about her.

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But in no way did the apparition of Silas Deemer manifest an interest in what was going on.

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Speeches, therefore, which do not make this manifest, or in which the speaker does not choose or avoid anything whatever, are not expressive of character.