Man"i*fest (?), a. [F.
manifeste, L. manifestus, lit., struck by the hand,
hence, palpable; manus hand + fendere (in comp.) to
strike. See Manual, and Defend.] 1.
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.
Neither is there any creature that is not
manifest in his sight.
Heb. iv. 13.
That which may be known of God is manifest in
them.
Rom. i. 19.
Thus manifest to sight the god
appeared.
Dryden.
2. Detected; convicted; -- with
of. [R.]
Calistho there stood manifest of
shame.
Dryden.
Syn. -- Open; clear; apparent; evident; visible;
conspicuous; plain; obvious. -- 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 is evident 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 erewhile appeared unsought.
Milton.
I saw, I saw him manifest in view,
His voice, his figure, and his gesture knew.
Dryden.
Man"i*fest, n.; pl.
Manifests (#). [Cf. F. manifeste. See
Manifest, a., and cf. Manifesto.]
1. A public declaration; an open statement; a
manifesto. See Manifesto. [Obs.]
2. 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.
Man"i*fest, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Manifested (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Manifesting.] 1. 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. 22.
Thy life did manifest thou lovedst me
not.
Shak.
2. To exhibit the manifests or prepared
invoices of; to declare at the customhouse.
Syn. -- To reveal; declare; evince; make known; disclose;
discover; display.
