(manifests, manifesting, manifested)
1.
If you say that something is manifest, you mean that it is clearly true and that nobody would disagree with it if they saw it or considered it. (FORMAL)
...the manifest failure of the policies...
There may be unrecognised cases of manifest injustice of which we are unaware.
= patent
ADJ: usu ADJ n
• manifestly
She manifestly failed to last the mile and a half of the race.
= patently
ADV: ADV with v, ADV with cl/group
2.
If you manifest a particular quality, feeling, or illness, or if it manifests itself, it becomes visible or obvious. (FORMAL)
He manifested a pleasing personality on stage...
Their frustration and anger will manifest itself in crying and screaming...
= show
VERB: V n, V pron-refl in n/-ing
•
Manifest is also an adjective.
The same alarm is manifest everywhere...
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ