manifest
[ man-uh-fest ]
/ ˈmæn əˌfɛst /
adjective
readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
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.
verb (used with object)
noun
Origin of manifest
SYNONYMS FOR manifest
synonym study for manifest
3. See
display.
historical usage of manifest
English
manifest exists as three parts of speech: in historical order, adjective (late 14th century), verb (early 15th), and noun (mid-16th).
Manifest ultimately comes from Latin
manifestus (also
manufestus ) and its derivatives, meaning “caught red-handed, caught in the act, evident, plain to see, readily understood.” The first element,
mani- (or
manu- ), obviously derives from
manus “hand”; the element -
festus, however, is very rare and occurs in only one other Latin adjective,
infestus “hostile, antagonistic, troubled.”
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.
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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British Dictionary definitions for manifesting
manifest
/ (ˈmænɪˌfɛst) /
adjective
easily noticed or perceived; obvious; plain
psychoanal
of or relating to the ostensible elements of a dream
manifest content Compare latent (def. 5)
verb
noun
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
Derived forms of manifest
manifestable, adjective manifestly, adverb manifestness, nounWord Origin for manifest
C14: from Latin
manifestus plain, literally: struck with the hand, from
manū with the hand +
-festus struck