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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

  1. to make clear or evident; show plainly; reveal; evince
  2. to prove; be evidence of
  3. to enter in a ship's manifest

Etymology: ME manifesten < OFr manifester < L manifestare

intransitive verb

to appear to the senses; show itself

noun

    1. an itemized list of a ship's cargo, to be shown to customs officials
    2. a list of the passengers and cargo on an airplane
  2. Rare a manifestation

manifest Related Forms

man′i·fest′·able adjective man′i·fest′ly adverb

manifest Synonyms

manifest

modif.

clear, evident, visible, unmistakable; see obvious 1, 2. See syn. study at evident.

manifest Synonyms

manifest

v.

  1. To display

    show, exhibit, disclose; see display 1, expose 1, reveal 1.

  2. To evidence

    confirm, declare, demonstrate, substantiate; see prove.

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.