exhibit: Meaning and Definition of

ex•hib•it

Pronunciation: (ig-zib'it), [key]
— v.t.
  1. to offer or expose to view; present for inspection: to exhibit the latest models of cars.
  2. to manifest or display: to exhibit anger; to exhibit interest.
  3. to place on show: to exhibit paintings.
  4. to make manifest; explain.
  5. to submit (a document, object, etc.) in evidence in a court of law.
  6. to administer (something) as a remedy.
—v.i.
  1. to make or give an exhibition; present something to public view.
—n.
  1. an act or instance of exhibiting; exhibition.
  2. something that is exhibited.
  3. an object or a collection of objects shown in an exhibition, fair, etc.
  4. a document or object exhibited in court and referred to and identified in written evidence.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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