manifest

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   reveal its presence or make an appearance

   the ghost manifests each year on the same day

2. 2
   verb

   record in a ship's manifest

   each passenger must be manifested

3. 3
   adj

   Evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent; distinctly perceived.

   It re-envisioned Freddy Krueger in the “real world,” where the nightmare-dwelling being is made manifest in our reality, one where Freddy actor Robert Englund and original Nightmare On Elm Street star Heather Langenkamp play themselves, as does [Wes] Craven himself.

4. 4
   adj

   Detect; convicted.

   Caliſtho there ſtood manifeſt of Shame, / And turn’d a Bear, the Northern Star became[…]

5. 5
   noun

   A list or invoice of the passengers or goods being carried by a commercial vehicle or ship.

   Near-synonym: bill of lading

6. 6
   noun

   A public declaration; an open statement; a manifesto.

   But you, authentick Witneſſes I bring, / Before the gods, and your ungrateful King, / Of this my Manifeſt : That never more / This Hand ſhall combate on the crooked Shore : / No, let the Grecian Powers oppreſs’d in Fight, / Unpity’d periſh in their Tyrants fight.

7. 7
   verb

   To show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, usually to the mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to exhibit.

   His courage manifested itself through the look on his face.

8. 8
   verb

   To become manifest; to be revealed.

   His osteoporosis first manifested as pain in his hips.

Etymology

From Middle English manifest, manifeste, from Latin manifestus, manufestus (“palpable, manifest”), from , from Latin manus + second element of Latin īnfēstāre, from īnfestus, from in + *-festus (“probably seized, handled”). Doublet of manifesto.