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Webster 1913 Edition

Exhibit

Ex-hib′it

,
Verb.
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
.]
1.
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.
Pope.
2.
(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.
Clarendon.
3.
(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.]

Ex-hib′it

,
Noun.
1.
Any article, or collection of articles, displayed to view, as in an industrial exhibition; a display;
as, this
exhibit
was marked A; the English
exhibit
.
2.
(Law)
A document produced and identified in court for future use as evidence.

Webster 1828 Edition

Exhibit

EXHIBIT

,
Verb.
T.
egzhib'it. [L. e xhibeo; ex and habeo, to have or hold, as we say, to hold out or forth.]
1.
To offer or present to view; to present for inspection; to show; as, to exhibit painting or other specimens of art; to exhibit papers or documents in court.
2.
To show; to display; to manifest publicly; as, to exhibit a noble example of bravery or generosity.
3.
To present; to offer publicly or officially; as, to exhibit a charge of high treason.

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