exhibit
[ig-zib-it]
- to offer or expose to view; present for inspection: to exhibit the latest models of cars.
- to manifest or display: to exhibit anger; to exhibit interest.
- to place on show: to exhibit paintings.
- to make manifest; explain.
- Law. to submit (a document, object, etc.) in evidence in a court of law.
- Medicine/Medical Obsolete. to administer (something) as a remedy.
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- to make or give an exhibition; present something to public view.
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- an act or instance of exhibiting; exhibition.
- something that is exhibited.
- an object or a collection of objects shown in an exhibition, fair, etc.
- Law. a document or object exhibited in court and referred to and identified in written evidence.
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Origin of exhibit
Synonyms
See more synonyms for exhibit on Thesaurus.com1. show, demonstrate. 2. evince, disclose, betray, show, reveal. 8. showing, show, display. 10. display.
Synonym study
Antonyms
2. conceal.
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Examples from the Web for exhibiting
Contemporary Examples
Now a third nurse who also worked with the same Ebola patients who infected Romero is exhibiting the same low-grade fever.
The patients will be not quite dead, but not exactly alive, either, exhibiting no brain activity or pulse.
New 'Suspended Animation' Procedure Saves Lives by Replacing Blood with a Cold Electrolyte SolutionElizabeth Lopatto
April 2, 2014
International museums are interested in exhibiting her work; Lady Gaga, Daphne Guinness, and Bjork have worn her pieces.
Daniel himself seems to exist outside or above human emotion, exhibiting a sort of Zen calm that is at odds with his situation.
She says Sandusky is exhibiting typical behavior of a pedophile in attacking his victims.
Historical Examples
He held up his arm, exhibiting the gleaming circle of plasticum on his wrist.
Be It Ever ThusRobert Moore Williams
He is exhibiting Socrates for the first time undergoing the Socratic interrogation.
The RepublicPlato
"And this," he added, exhibiting another that was colorless.
Bristow cut in violently, exhibiting his first deep emotion.
The Winning ClueJames Hay, Jr.
"I never told you about my father," he said, exhibiting surprise.
The Opal SerpentFergus Hume
exhibit
- (also intr) to display (something) to the public for interest or instructionthis artist exhibits all over the world
- to manifest; display; showthe child exhibited signs of distress
- law to produce (a document or object) in court to serve as evidence
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- an object or collection exhibited to the public
- law a document or object produced in court and referred to or identified by a witness in giving evidence
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Word Origin
C15: from Latin exhibēre to hold forth, from habēre to have
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Word Origin and History for exhibiting
exhibit
v.
mid-15c., from Latin exhibitus, past participle of exhibere "to hold out, display, show, present, deliver" (see exhibition). Related: Exhibited; exhibiting.
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exhibit
n.
1620s, "document or object produced as evidence in court," from Latin exhibitum, neuter past participle of exhibere (see exhibition). Meaning "object displayed in a fair, museum, etc." is from 1862. Transferred use of exhibit A "important piece of evidence" is by 1906.
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