Lexic.us

Definition of Exhibit

1. Noun. An object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence.

2. Verb. Show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill. "He exhibits a great talent"

3. Noun. Something shown to the public. "The museum had many exhibits of oriental art"

4. Verb. To show, make visible or apparent. "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship"

5. Verb. Give an exhibition of to an interested audience. "The parents exhibit the children a French poem "; "We will demo the new software in Washington"

6. Verb. Walk ostentatiously. "The horses exhibit across the field"; "She parades her new husband around town"

Definition of Exhibit

1. v. t. To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice to what is interesting; to display; as, to exhibit commodities in a warehouse, a picture in a gallery.

2. n. Any article, or collection of articles, displayed to view, as in an industrial exhibition; a display; as, this exhibit was marked A; the English exhibit.

Definition of Exhibit

1. Verb. (transitive) To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To demonstrate. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive legal) To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To put on a public display. ¹

5. Noun. An instance of exhibiting. ¹

6. Noun. That which is exhibited. ¹

7. Noun. A public showing; an exhibition. ¹

8. Noun. (legal) An article formally introduced as evidence in a court. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Exhibit

1. to present for public viewing [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Exhibit

1. 1. To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice to what is interesting; to display; as, to exhibit commodities in a warehouse, a picture in a gallery. "Exhibiting a miserable example of the weakness of mind and body." (Pope) 2. To submit, as a document, to a court or officer, in course of proceedings; also, to present or offer officially or in legal form; to bring, as a charge. "He suffered his attorney-general to exhibit a charge of high treason against the earl." (Clarendon) 3. To administer as a remedy; as, to exhibit calomel. To exhibit a foundation or prize, to hold it forth or to tender it as a bounty to candidates. To exibit an essay, to declaim or otherwise present it in public. Origin: L. Exhibitus, p. P. Of exhibere to hold forth, to tender, exhibit; ex out + habere to have or hold. See Habit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Exhibit

exhaustivity exhaustless exhaustlessly exhaustlessness exhaustly exhaustment exhaustments exhausts exhausture exhedra

exhedrae exhedras exheredation exheredations exhereditation exhibit (current term) exhibitable exhibited exhibiter exhibiters

exhibiting exhibition exhibition area exhibition game exhibition hall exhibition season exhibitioner exhibitioners exhibitionisms

Literary usage of Exhibit

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1894)
"exhibit Aï MIDWINTER FAIR. The horticultural and entomological exhibit of the State Board of Horticulture at the Midwinter Exposition was probably the most ..."

2. Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention by Religious Education Association (1905)
"The exhibit displays the different policies of religious education pursued by ... The exhibit has been made as comprehensive as circumstances would permit. ..."

3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1893)
"FRENCH PUBLISHERS' exhibit AT CHICAGO. THE exhibit of the French publishers at the Columbian Exposition according to all reports promises to be of ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1898)
"The exhibit in philology was large and comprehensive, and received a good deal of ... This is the first time that this department has ever made an exhibit, ..."

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