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manifest(1) (iou)



manifest adjective. ME.
[Old & mod. French manifeste or Latin manifestus, earlier manufestus, from manus hand + festus struck (only in compounds, as infestus dangerous), from base of defendere DEFEND, offendere OFFEND.]
Clearly revealed to the eye, mind, or judgement; open to view or comprehension; obvious. ME.
manifest destiny (the doctrine of) the (supposed) inevitability of the supremacy or expansion of power of a people or State, orig. esp. of the US or of those of European origin in or over the entire western hemisphere.
Having evident signs of; evidently possessed of or guilty of. literary. L17-E18.