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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Latin
Origin: manifestus 'seized by the hand'

manifest

2 adjective
     
manifest2 formal
plain and easy to see [= obvious, patent]:
a manifest error of judgment
be made/become manifest (=be clearly shown)
Their devotion to God is made manifest in ritual prayer.
—manifestly adverb:
a manifestly unfair system
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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