manifest definition
Full Definition of MANIFEST. transitive verb. : to make evident or certain by showing or displaying. â manÂ·iÂ·festÂ·er noun. See manifest defined for English-language learners. Their sadness was manifest in their faces. 2  His love for literature is manifest in his large library. 3  There was manifest confusion in the streets. 4  The argument, for all of its manifest inadequacies â¦ captured the national imagination and shaped subsequent religious discourse.