1. adj. & v.
--adj. clear or obvious to the eye or mind (his distress was manifest).
--v.
1. tr. display or show (a quality, feeling, etc.) by one's acts etc.
2 tr. show plainly to the eye or mind.
3 tr. be evidence of; prove.
4 refl. (of a thing) reveal itself.
5 intr. (of a ghost) appear.
Derivatives:
manifestation n. manifestative adj. manifestly adv.
Etymology: ME f. OF manifeste (adj.), manifester (v.) or L manifestus, manifestare f. manus hand + festus (unrecorded) struck 2. n. & v.
--n.
1. a cargo-list for the use of customs officers.
2 a list of passengers in an aircraft or of trucks etc. in a goods train.
--v.tr. record (names, cargo, etc.) in a manifest.
Etymology: It. manifesto: see MANIFESTO