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  1. adjective Clearly apparent to the sight or understanding; obvious. See Synonyms at apparent.
  2. transitive verb To show or demonstrate plainly; reveal: "Mercedes . . . manifested the chaotic abandonment of hysteria” (Jack London).
  3. transitive verb To be evidence of; prove.
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  • Light makes itself manifest, and all other things. —  The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning
  • “In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil. —  The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning
  • It is manifest, therefore, that, important as are the functions of statesmanship, the really fundamental factors of individual conduct and of national life elude the most searching enactments of the most vigilant legislators. —  Mushrooms on the Moor
  • And now the stratagem of the enemy became manifest, and at the same time also there was seen on the mountains above them a great army of the Samnites. —  Stories From Livy
  • Then the delirium became manifest, and swept over the town like a were-wolf delusion through a medieval village Its immediate occasion seemed to be a group of real-estate conveyances, announced in the Herald one morning, surpassing in importance anything in the history of the town. —  Aladdin ; Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic
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evident ·  palpable ·  mutual ·  considerable ·  fatal ·  visible ·  seem ·  gross

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manifest:   manifested ·  manifesting
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  1. Middle English manifeste, from Old French, from Latin manufestus, manifestus, caught in the act, blatant, obvious; see gwhedh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French manifeste = Spanish manifiesto = Portuguese Italian manifesto, from Latin manifestus, evident, clear, plain, palpable; prob. orig. ‘struck by the hand’ (hence ‘at hand,’ ‘palpable’), from manus, the hand, + festus, for *fedtus, *fendtus, past participle of *fendere, strike: see fend, defend, offend.
  2. from French manifester = Spanish Portuguese manifestar = Italian manifestare, from Latin manifestare, make plain, from manifestus, evident, plain: see manifest, adjective
 

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