Definition of "exhibit"

exhibit

/ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/

verb
third-person singular simple present exhibits, present participle exhibiting, simple past and past participle exhibited
1. (transitive) To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
  Quotations
  Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.
  1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd.
  A considerable number of derived nominals, especially thematic nouns, also exhibited o-grade roots.
  2006, Donald Ringe, From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 12
2. (transitive) To demonstrate.
  Quotations
  And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.
  1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company
3. (transitive, law) To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence.
4. (intransitive) To put on a public display.
5. (medicine) To administer as a remedy.
noun
plural exhibits
1. An instance of exhibiting.
2. That which is exhibited.
3. A public showing; an exhibition.
4. (law) An article formally introduced as evidence in a court.

Definition of "exhibit"

exhibit

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