manifest function

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any function of an institution or other social phenomenon that is planned and intentional.

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In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

First recorded in 1945–50

All would attest to the manifest goodness that inspired the perfect nickname for the boy who would become a perfect cop.
In The Shadow of Murdered Cops|Michael Daly|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the copper performs another important function: working as a catalyst in the distillation process.
When It Comes to Great Whisky, The Size of Your Still Matters||December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Krampus makes manifest the shadow sides of human nature that Christianity seeks to repress.
Meet Krampus, the Seriously Bad Santa|Jay Michaelson|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The iPad was an even bigger hit, especially as it had a new function that allowed him to play the drawing back.
The Many Lives of Artist David Hockney|William O’Connor|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Openness might be a function of sexuality and gender, as well.
Coming Out Kinky to Your Doctor, in Black and Blue|Heather Boerner|October 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The manifest annoyance of her household was thus easily accounted for, but he marveled at the strength of her bodyguard.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Between South and North, the probabilities of a serious, and no very distant rupture, are strong and manifest.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
There are some folk in this country, you know, who manifest a very retiring disposition at times.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
There is a restiveness in human nature that resists compulsion, even to its own manifest advantage.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
To prevent intruders or extruders from withdrawing his mind from the text, he exercises the Inhibitory function of the Attention.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)