manifest

²man·i·fest

verb \ˈma-nə-ˌfest\

Definition of MANIFEST

transitive verb

: to make evident or certain by showing or displaying

— man·i·fest·er noun

Examples of MANIFEST

1. Both sides have manifested a stubborn unwillingness to compromise.
2. Their religious beliefs are manifested in every aspect of their lives.
3. Her behavior problems began manifesting themselves soon after she left home.
4. Malone has invited Barkley to spend a week … to relax, talk some basketball, eat some hot Louisiana food and kick around the subject of frustration, something they both feel but manifest in different ways. —Jack McCallum, Sports Illustrated, 27 Apr. 1992
5. He asked what they had been doing in Dallas, and they told him that they were looking at the Sunbelt boom as manifested in the great Texas banks, thrifts and real estate operations. —John Kenneth Galbraith, A Tenured Professor, 1990
6. And if one is a pantheist … one might say that all nature is divinity and manifests itself in myriad forms and delightful complexities. —Margot Adler, Drawing Down the Moon, 1986

Origin of MANIFEST

(see ¹manifest)

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to MANIFEST

Synonyms: bespeak, betray, communicate, declare, demonstrate, display, evince, expose, give away, show, reveal

Antonyms: disembody

Related Words: bare, disclose, unbosom, uncloak, uncover; advertise, air, announce, blaze, broadcast, placard, proclaim, publicize, sound, trumpet; project

Near Antonyms: belie, misrepresent; distort, falsify, garble, twist; camouflage, disguise; gild, gloss (over), varnish, whitewash; conceal, counterfeit, cover, hide, mask, obscure, occlude, veil

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