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
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.
• (display or show (something) for others to see): display, show, show off
• (demonstrate): demonstrate, show
• (present for inspection)
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.
• (instance of exhibiting): showing
• (public showing): exhibition, exposition, show
Source: Wiktionary
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
30 April 2024
(verb) treat carefully; “He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon”; “He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
