The Collaborative International Dictionary
Exhibit \Ex*hib"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhibited; p. pr. & vb. n. Exhibiting.] [L. exhibitus, p. p. of exhibere to hold forth, to tender, exhibit; ex out + habere to have or hold. See Habit.]
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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.
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(Law) 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.
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(Med.) 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.]
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: exhibit)
Usage examples of "exhibited".
Frederic's collections of wild beasts were exhibited, for the popular amusement, in many parts of Italy.
Theodori, 279-331) describes, in a lively and fanciful manner, the various games of the circus, the theatre, and the amphitheatre, exhibited by the new consul.
A royal bed, on which the queen lay in state, was exhibited in the midst of the palace.
They exhibited the instruments which had been used in the passion of Christ.
Julian exhibited warlike dances and games in his camp to recreate the soldiers Ibid.
The gardens and villas, which exhibited some faint imitation of Italian elegance, would soon be converted into strong castles, the refuge, in time of danger, of the adjacent country: ^184 the produce of the land was applied to purchase arms and horses.
The jurisprudence of the first Romans exhibited the scenes of a pantomime.
The daughter of Alboin and Rosamond, with the richest spoils of the Lombards, was embarked for Constantinople: the surprising strength of Peredeus amused and terrified the Imperial court: ^* his blindness and revenge exhibited an imperfect copy of the adventures of Samson.
Hrrula, with speed and an agility he had not previously exhibited, raced after the animal.
The alternative is not consonant with the ethical standards they have exhibited, nor with our logical extrapolation of their future course.
She didn't add that dogs pretended the mountain of flesh wasn't there and the cats remained well beyond the range of even Teddy, but they hadn't exhibited a "physical' reaction.
Now she knew that it had not been complacent acceptance that Roy had exhibited, but twisted planning.
It made me sick, but Paskutti and Tardma exhibited a grotesque fascination at the sight.
When Sassinak insisted on leaving, Mirelle exhibited both disappointment and relief.
Two of the last batch—both females—had exhibited all the personality of a cube of tofu.