manifest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæn.ɪ.fɛst/
ipa: /ˈmæn.ə.fɛst/
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Etymology: From Middle English manifest, manifeste, from Latin manifestus, manufestus (“palpable, manifest”), from manus (“hand”) + *infestus, participle of *infendō (“strike”) (from the root of dēfendō, offendō, etc.), or from Proto-Indo-European *dʰers-. Doublet of manifesto.
Senses: examples: text: His courage manifested itself through the look on his face.
text: My Parts, my Title, and my perfect Soule / Shall manifeſt me rightly.
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 312, column 1:
text: And usually this manifests as them trying to prove their parent's criticism's and belittlings wrong.
ref: 1988, Dennis Marcellino, Sweeping it under the drug, page 123:
text: Other global taboos, such as sex and suicide, manifest themselves widely online, with websites offering suicide guides and Hot XXX Action seconds away at the click of a button. The UK government will come under pressure to block access to pornographic websites this year when a committee of MPs publishes its report on protecting children online.
ref: 2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in The Guardian:
text: Molar enamel thickness is a morphological trait that differentiates African apes from hominins, being manifested most dramatically in the megadont hominins (Paranthropus spp.) with hyperthick enamel.
ref: 2012, Justin D. Yeakel et al., “Stable isotopes, functional morphology, and human evolution: a model of consilience”, in arXiv:
text: Communication is a kind of beauty, he said – and “beauty manifests itself from the noun itself, without strawberries on the cake.”
ref: 2019 September 24, Jessie Yeung, quoting Pope Francis, “Pope Francis loves nouns but is ‘allergic’ to adjectives”, in CNN, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2019:
glosses: To show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, usually to the mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to exhibit.
examples: text: His osteoporosis first manifested as pain in his hips.
glosses: To become manifest; to be revealed.
examples: text: The process of creating your treasure map is a powerful step toward manifesting your goal. Now just spend a few minutes each day looking at it[…]
ref: 1982, Shakti Gawain, The Creative Visualization Workbook:
text: Undaunted by poverty, I decided to manifest a new car.
ref: 2014, Adrian Calabrese, How to Get Everything You Ever Wanted: Complete Guide to Using Your Psychic Common Sense:
text: To Fishback, the project is a perfect fit. “I’ve been manifesting a romance role for a really long time,” she said,
ref: 2021, Kyle Buchanan, “Dominique Fishback Gave Her Heart to ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’”, in The New York Times:
qualifier: initially occult
glosses: To will something to exist.
glosses: To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse.
Derived terms: manifestable
manifestative
nonmanifesting
unmanifesting
Related terms: manifestation
manifestly
manifesto