manifest Definition
mani·fest (man′ə fest′)
adjective
apparent to the senses, esp. that of sight, or to the mind; evident; obvious; clear; plain
Etymology: ME < OFr manifeste < L manifestus, earlier manufestus, lit., struck by the hand, palpable, evident < manus, a hand (see manual) + base akin to (in)festus: see infest
transitive verb
- to make clear or evident; show plainly; reveal; evince
- to prove; be evidence of
- to enter in a ship's manifest
Etymology: ME manifesten < OFr manifester < L manifestare
intransitive verb
to appear to the senses; show itself
noun
- an itemized list of a ship's cargo, to be shown to customs officials
- a list of the passengers and cargo on an airplane
- Rare a manifestation
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manifest
v.
manifest Usage Examples
Object
- glory: The combination of which will perfectly manifest the glory of God.
- tendency: The fact is that we manifest a strong tendency to personify all the contrivances of our own devising.
- symptom: He has also stated that the younger a person is when manifesting serious symptoms, the more remedies are likely to be needed.
- love: But of the prodigy of divine love manifested in the holy sacrament, I shall speak on the second Sunday after Pentecost.
- characteristic: Within 7 days they will manifest sex characteristics on those shoots.
Preposition: on
plane: VII The Principle of Gender " Gender is in everything; everything has its Masculine and Feminine Principles; Gender manifests on all planes.
Modifies a noun
- himself: For me the question is not ' How does God manifest Himself?
- destiny: The west was open for its final chapters, its manifest destiny.
- absurdity: But while Mr Blair has spoken of its ' manifest absurdity ' ( The Hague, January 1998 ).
- injustice: None can, without being guilty of manifest injustice, cast any reproach upon it, or upon our design in publishing it.
- error: It will probably be necessary to show a distortion or manifest error of assessment in the facts.
- universe: Secondly, we can read " Ganesha " as Lord of the categories of existence - i.e. of everything in the manifest universe.
Modifying Another Word
- outwardly: Yoko may outwardly manifest the feelings you may hold within.
- physically: Hardware - All the stuff you have physically manifest in front of you, or which sits inside these components.
- typically: Subsequent arguments and destructive forces typically manifest themselves downstream.
- clearly: That concern has clearly manifested itself in recent sales figures.
- frequently: After all, sex frequently manifests and undergirds harmful behavior too.
Used with adjective complement
- become: The Secret Doctrine tells us something of the way in which abstract Spirit becomes manifest.
- make: No doubt the light will make manifest his deeds, his doings, his dispositions.
Preposition: in
flesh: God manifest in the flesh is seen of them.
Browse dictionary entries near manifest
- ‹ manicurist
- ‹ manicure
- ‹ manicotti
- ‹ Manichaeus
- ‹ Manichaeism
- ‹ manic-depressive
- ‹ manic
- ‹ maniacal
- ‹ -maniac
- ‹ maniac

