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manifest | clarify |

As a noun manifest

is manifesto.

As a verb clarify is

to make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as wine or syrup.

manifest

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent; distinctly perceived.
  • * Bible, Hebrews iv. 13
    • Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight.
  • Obvious to the understanding; apparent to the mind; easily apprehensible; plain; not obscure or hidden.
  • Detected; convicted.
  • * Dryden (rfdate)
    • Calistho there stood manifest of shame.

    Synonyms

    * apparent, plain, clear, distinct, obvious, palpable, patent * See also .

    Derived terms

    * manifest content * manifest destiny

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A public declaration; an open statement; a manifesto or manifestation.
  • A list or invoice of the passengers or goods being carried by a commercial vehicle or ship.
  • (computing) A file containing metadata describing other files.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, usually to the mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to exhibit.
    • His courage manifested itself via the look on his face.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 19 , author=Josh Halliday , title=Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised? , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=Other global taboos, such as sex and suicide, manifest themselves widely online, with websites offering suicide guides and Hot XXX Action seconds away at the click of a button. The UK government will come under pressure to block access to pornographic websites this year when a committee of MPs publishes its report on protecting children online.}}
  • *
    • ''Not I; I must be found;
    ''My parts, my title, and my perfect soul
    ''Shall manifest me rightly.
  • To exhibit the manifests or prepared invoices of; to declare at the customhouse.

    • Related terms

    * manifestation * manifestly * manifesto

    External links

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    clarify

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as wine or syrup.
  • * (rfdate) Ure:
    • Boiled and clarified .
  • To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
  • * (rfdate) South:
    • To clarify his reason, and to rectify his will.
  • (ergative) To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification.
  • * Leave the wine for 24 hours and it will clarify .
  • (ergative) To grow clear or bright; to clear up.
  • (obsolete) To glorify.