manifest
Psychoanalysis. of or relating to conscious feelings, ideas, and impulses that contain repressed psychic material: the manifest content of a dream as opposed to the latent content that it conceals.
to make clear or evident to the eye or the understanding; show plainly: He manifested his approval with a hearty laugh.
to prove; put beyond doubt or question: The evidence manifests the guilt of the defendant.
to record in a ship's manifest.
a list of the cargo carried by a ship, made for the use of various agents and officials at the ports of destination.
a list or invoice of goods transported by truck or train.
a list of the cargo or passengers carried on an airplane.
Origin of manifest
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word story For manifest
The Latin sense of manifestus “evident, plain to see” is the earliest sense in English. The Latin verb manifestāre “to make visible, indicate, make plain, disclose,” a derivative of manifestus, is, along with the Middle French verb manifester, the source of the English verb.
The noun sense of manifest, “a list of a ship’s cargo or goods,” appeared in the late 17th century and comes from Italian manifesto “a public declaration, especially a written declaration,” which dates from the early 17th century. That Italian word is, of course, the source of English manifesto, “a public declaration of intentions, opinions, etc.,” which happens to be one of the less common meanings of English manifest.
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Opposites for manifest
Other words from manifest
- man·i·fest·a·ble, adjective
- man·i·fest·er, noun
- man·i·fest·ly, adverb
- man·i·fest·ness, noun
- non·man·i·fest, adjective
- non·man·i·fest·ness, noun
- pre·man·i·fest, verb
- re·man·i·fest, verb (used with object)
- self-man·i·fest, adjective
- su·per·man·i·fest, verb (used with object)
- un·man·i·fest, adjective
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How to use manifest in a sentence
An intercepted shipping manifest described “models of astronomic apparatus.”
Lunik: Inside the CIA’s audacious plot to steal a Soviet satellite | Bobbie Johnson | January 28, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThe most cases manifest in the change from autumn into winter.
That has manifested differently between people of separate ideologies.
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Ainsi combl, saura-t'il jamais manifester l'intensit de son apprciation, de sa reconnaissance?
Garcia the Centenarian And His Times | M. Sterling MackinlayHe is the manifester of all events and things, and is nothing except the image of pure Intellect Himself.
He is pure intelligence, self-luminousness, the manifester; and thus we may read in the Śaiva aphorisms, "Self is intelligence."
The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha | Madhava AcharyaDans les folies de Caligula, on voit se manifester cette pense: Je suis dieu!
Walks in Rome | Augustus J.C. Hare
British Dictionary definitions for manifest
/ (ˈmænɪˌfɛst) /
easily noticed or perceived; obvious; plain
psychoanal of or relating to the ostensible elements of a dream: manifest content Compare latent (def. 5)
(tr) to show plainly; reveal or display: to manifest great emotion
(tr) to prove beyond doubt
(intr) (of a disembodied spirit) to appear in visible form
(tr) to list in a ship's manifest
a customs document containing particulars of a ship, its cargo, and its destination
a list of cargo, passengers, etc, on an aeroplane
a list of railway trucks or their cargo
mainly US and Canadian a fast freight train carrying perishables
Origin of manifest
1Derived forms of manifest
- manifestable, adjective
- manifestly, adverb
- manifestness, noun
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