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   Manifest , a. [F. manifeste, L. manifestus, lit., struck by the hand, hence, palpable; manus hand +  fendere (in comp.) to strike. See Manual, and Defend.]
   Evident to the senses, esp. to the sight; apparent; distinctly perceived; hence, obvious to the understanding; apparent to the mind; easily apprehensible; plain; not obscure or hidden.
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   Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight.
    Heb. iv. 13.
   
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   That which may be known of God is manifest in them.
   Rom. i. 19.
   
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   Thus manifest to sight the god appeared.
   Dryden.
   
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   Detected; convicted; -- with of. [R.]
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   Calistho there stood manifest of shame.
   Dryden.
   
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   Syn. -- Open; clear; apparent; evident; visible; conspicuous; plain; obvious.  -- Manifest, Clear, Plain, Obvious, Evident. What is clear can be seen readily; what is obvious lies directly in our way, and necessarily arrests our attention; what is evident is seen so clearly as to remove doubt; what is manifest is very distinctly evident.
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   So clear, so shining, and so evident,
   That it will glimmer through a blind man's eye.
   Shak.
   
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   Entertained with solitude,
   Where obvious duty erewhile appeared unsought.
   Milton.
   
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   I saw, I saw him manifest in view,
   His voice, his figure, and his gesture knew.
   Dryden.
   
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   Manifest, n.; pl. Manifests . [Cf. F. manifeste. See Manifest, a., and cf. Manifesto.]
   A public declaration; an open statement; a manifesto. See Manifesto. [Obs.]
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   A list or invoice of a ship's cargo, containing a description by marks, numbers, etc., of each package of goods, to be exhibited at the customhouse; as, to inspect the ship's manifest.
   Bouvier.
   
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   Manifest, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manifested ; p. pr. & vb. n. Manifesting.]
   To show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, -- usually to the mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to exhibit.
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   There is nothing hid which shall not be manifested.
   Mark iv. 22.
   
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   Thy life did manifest thou lovedst me not.
   Shak.
   
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   To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse.
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   Syn. -- To reveal; declare; evince; make known; disclose; discover; display.
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