Calistho there stood manifest of shame.
Dryden.
Syn. -- Open; clear; apparent; evident; visible; conspicuous; plain;
obvious. -- Manifest, Clear, Plain, Obvious, Evident. What is clear can
be seen readily; what is obvious lies directly in our way, and
necessarily arrests our attention; what is evident is seen so clearly
as to remove doubt; what is manifest is very distinctly evident.
So clear, so shining, and so evident, That it will glimmer through
a blind man's eye.
Shak.
Entertained with solitude, Where obvious duty erewhile appeared
unsought.
Milton.
I saw, I saw him manifest in view, His voice, his figure, and his
gesture knew.
Dryden.
Man"i*fest, n.; pl. Manifests (#). [Cf. F. manifeste. See Manifest, a.,
and cf. Manifesto.] 1. A public declaration; an open statement; a
manifesto. See Manifesto. [Obs.]
2. A list or invoice of a ship's cargo, containing a description by
marks, numbers, etc., of each package of goods, to be exhibited at the
customhouse. Bouvier.
Man"i*fest, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manifested (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Manifesting.] 1. To show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, --
usually to the mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to
exhibit.
There is nothing hid which shall not be manifested.
Mark iv. 22.
Thy life did manifest thou lovedst me not.
Shak.
2. To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the
customhouse.
Syn. -- To reveal; declare; evince; make known; disclose; discover;
display.
Man"i*fest`a*ble (?), a. Such as can be manifested.
Man`i*fes*ta"tion (?), n. [L. manifestatio: cf. F. manifestation.] The
act of manifesting or disclosing, or the state of being manifested;
discovery to the eye or to the understanding; also, that which
manifests; exhibition; display; revelation; as, the manifestation of
God's power in creation.
The secret manner in which acts of mercy ought to be performed,
requires this public manifestation of them at the great day.
Atterbury.
Man"i*fest`i*ble (?), a. Manifestable.
Man"i*fest*ly (?), adv. In a manifest manner.
Man"i*fest*ness, n. The quality or state of being manifest;
obviousness.
Man`i*fes"to (?), n.; pl. Manifestoes (#). [It. manifesto. See
Manifest, n. & a.] A public declaration, usually of a prince,
sovereign, or other person claiming large powers, showing his
intentions, or proclaiming his opinions and motives in reference to
some act done or contemplated by him; as, a manifesto declaring the
purpose of a prince to begin war, and explaining his motives. Bouvier.
it was proposed to draw up a manifesto, setting forth the grounds
and motives of our taking arms.
Addison.
Frederick, in a public manifesto, appealed to the Empire against
the insolent pretensions of the pope.
Milman.
Man"i*fold (?), a. [AS. manigfeald. See Many, and Fold.] 1. Various in
kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated.
O Lord, how manifold are thy works!
Ps. civ. 24.