transitive verb

1. to present or expose to view; show; display
2. to present to public view for entertainment, instruction, advertising, judgment in a competition, etc.
3. to give evidence of; reveal to exhibit impatience
4. Law to present (a document or an object) formally to a court
5. Med. to administer (a drug, etc.) as a remedy

Etymology: ME exhibiten < L exhibitus, pp. of exhibere, to hold forth, present < ex-, out + habere, to hold: see habit

intransitive verb

noun

1. a show; display; presentation
2. a thing exhibited; esp., an object or objects displayed publicly
3. Law a document or object produced as evidence in a court