EXHIBIT

display, exhibit, showing

(noun) something shown to the public; “the museum had many exhibits of oriental art”

exhibit

(noun) an object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence

parade, exhibit, march

(verb) walk ostentatiously; “She parades her new husband around town”

expose, exhibit, display

(verb) 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”

show, demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate

(verb) give an exhibition of to an interested audience; “She shows her dogs frequently”; “We will demo the new software in Washington”

exhibit

(verb) show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill; “he exhibits a great talent”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

exhibit (third-person singular simple present exhibits, present participle exhibiting, simple past and past participle exhibited)

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

(transitive) To demonstrate.

(transitive, legal) To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence.

(intransitive) To put on a public display.

(medicine) To administer as a remedy.

Synonyms

• (display or show (something) for others to see): display, show, show off

• (demonstrate): demonstrate, show

• (present for inspection)

Noun

exhibit (plural exhibits)

An instance of exhibiting.

That which is exhibited.

A public showing; an exhibition.

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

Synonyms

• (instance of exhibiting): showing

• (public showing): exhibition, exposition, show

Source: Wiktionary

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Ex*hib"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhibited; p. pr. & vb. n. Exhibiting.] Etym: [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. Exhibiting a miserable example of the weakness of mind and body. Pope.

2. (Law)

Definition: 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. (Med.)

Definition: 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. [Obs.]

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.

2. (Law)

Definition: A document produced and identified in court for future use as evidence.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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