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   Exhibit , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhibited; p. pr. & vb. n. Exhibiting.] [L. exhibitus, p. p. of exhibere to hold forth, to tender, exhibit; ex out + habere to have or hold. See Habit.]
   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; as, to exhibit commodities in a warehouse, a picture in a gallery.
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   Exhibiting a miserable example of the weakness of mind and body.
   Pope.
   
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   (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.
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   He suffered his attorney-general to exhibit a charge of high treason against the earl.
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   (Med.) To administer as a remedy; as, to exhibit calomel.
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   To exhibit a foundation or prize, to hold it forth or to tender it as a bounty to candidates. -- To exibit an essay, to declaim or otherwise present it in public. [Obs.]
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   Exhibit, n.
   Any article, or collection of articles, displayed to view, as in an industrial exhibition; a display; as, this exhibit was marked A; the English exhibit.
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   (Law) A document produced and identified in court for future use as evidence.
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