exhibit

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To show outwardly; display: exhibited pleasure by smiling.
2. v. To present for others to see: rolled up his sleeve to exhibit the scar.
3. v. To present in a public exhibition or contest: exhibited her paintings at a gallery. See Synonyms at show.
4. v. To give evidence or an instance of; demonstrate: young musicians eager to exhibit their talent; a plant that exhibits dimorphism.
5. v. Law To submit (evidence or documents) in a court.
6. v. Law To present or introduce officially.
7. v. To put something on public display.
8. n. The act or an instance of exhibiting.
9. n. Something exhibited: studied the dinosaur exhibits at the museum.
10. n. A public showing; an exhibition: spent the afternoon at the space exhibit.
11. n. Law Something, such as a document, formally introduced as evidence in court.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To offer or present to view; present for inspection; place on show: as, to exhibit, paintings; to exhibit an invention; to exhibit documents in court.
2. To display; manifest conspicuously; bring to light; furnish or constitute: as, to exhibit an example of bravery or generosity.
3. To present for consideration; bring forward publicly or officially; make a presentation of.
4. In medicine, to administer, as a specified drug.
5. In English universities, to hold forth (a foundation or prize) to be competed for by candidates.
6. To present or declaim (a speech or an essay) in public.
7. To make an exhibition; open a show; present something to public view: as, to exhibit at the Academy.
8. In universities, to offer or present an exhibition.
9. To present an essay in public; speak in public at an exhibition or college commencement.
10. n. Anything or any collection of things exhibited publicly: as, the Japanese exhibit in the Paris Exposition.
11. n. A showing; specifically, a written recital or report showing the state of any matter at a particular date, as of the estate of a bankrupt, etc.
12. n. In law, a paper attached to a contract, pleading, affidavit, or other principal instrument, identified in and referred to by it; a document offered in evidence in an action, and marked to identify it or authenticate it for future reference.
13. n. Synonyms See exhibition.

Wiktionary

1. v. transitive To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
2. v. transitive To demonstrate.
3. v. transitive, law To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence.
4. v. intransitive To put on a public display.
5. n. An instance of exhibiting.
6. n. That which is exhibited.
7. n. A public showing; an exhibition.
8. n. law An article formally introduced as evidence in a court.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice to what is interesting; to display.
2. v. (Law) To submit, as a document, to a court or officer, in course of proceedings; also, to present or offer officially or in legal form; to bring, as a charge.
3. v. (Med.) To administer as a remedy.
4. n. Any article, or collection of articles, displayed to view, as in an industrial exhibition; a display
5. n. (Law) A document produced and identified in court for future use as evidence.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. give an exhibition of to an interested audience
2. v. to show, make visible or apparent
3. v. walk ostentatiously
4. n. something shown to the public
5. v. show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill
6. n. an object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence