exhibit

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: displayshowingexposeshowdemopresentdemonstrateparademarch

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. an object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence
  2. something shown to the public“the museum had many exhibits of oriental art”Synonyms: displayshowing

Verb (4)

  1. show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill“he exhibits a great talent”
  2. to show, make visible or apparent“The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month”“Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?”“National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship”Synonyms: exposedisplay
  3. give an exhibition of to an interested audience“She shows her dogs frequently”“We will demo the new software in Washington”Synonyms: showdemopresentdemonstrate
  4. walk ostentatiously“She parades her new husband around town”Synonyms: parademarch
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Exhibit \Ex*hib"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhibited; p. pr. & vb. n. Exhibiting.] [L. exhibitus, p. p. of exhibere to hold forth, to tender, exhibit; ex out + habere to have or hold. See Habit.]

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. [1913 Webster]

Exhibiting a miserable example of the weakness of mind and body.— Pope.[1913 Webster]

2.(Law) 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. [1913 Webster]

He suffered his attorney-general to exhibit a charge of high treason against the earl.— Clarendon.[1913 Webster]

3.(Med.) To administer as a remedy; as, to exhibit calomel. [1913 Webster]

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. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Exhibit \Ex*hib"it\, n.

1.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. [1913 Webster]

2.(Law) A document produced and identified in court for future use as evidence. [1913 Webster]

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