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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MANIFESTA'TION, n. The act of disclosing what is secret, unseen or obscure; discovery to the eye or to the understanding; the exhibition of any thing by clear evidence; display; as the manifestation of God's power in creation, or of his benevolence in redemption.
The secret manner in which acts of mercy ought to be performed, requires this public manifestation of them at the great day.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a clear appearance; "a manifestation of great emotion"
2: a manifest indication of the existence or presence or nature of some person or thing; "a manifestation of disease"
3: an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit) [syn: materialization, materialisation, manifestation]
4: expression without words; "tears are an expression of grief"; "the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition" [syn: expression, manifestation, reflection, reflexion]
5: a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature); "there were violent demonstrations against the war" [syn: demonstration, manifestation]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century 1. a. the act, process, or an instance of manifesting b. (1) something that manifests or is manifest (2) a perceptible, outward, or visible expression c. one of the forms in which an individual is manifested d. an occult phenomenon; specifically materialization 2. a public demonstration of power and purpose

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Manifestation Man`i*fes*ta"tion, n. [L. manifestatio: cf. F. manifestation.] The act of manifesting or disclosing, or the state of being manifested; discovery to the eye or to the understanding; also, that which manifests; exhibition; display; revelation; as, the manifestation of God's power in creation. The secret manner in which acts of mercy ought to be performed, requires this public manifestation of them at the great day. --Atterbury.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(manifestations) A manifestation of something is one of the different ways in which it can appear. (FORMAL) Different animals in the colony had different manifestations of the disease... N-COUNT: with supp, oft N of n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Exhibition, revelation, display, expression, discovery, publication, show.

Moby Thesaurus

announcement, apocalypse, apparition, appearance, appearing, arising, avatar, avowal, baring, basis for belief, blazon, body of evidence, bravura, brilliancy, chain of evidence, characterization, clue, coming, coming into being, coming-forth, daring, dash, data, datum, declaration, demonstration, denomination, denotation, designation, differentiation, discernibleness, disclosing, disclosure, discovering, discovery, display, documentation, dramatics, eclat, emergence, epiphany, etalage, evidence, example, exhibit, exhibition, exhibitionism, expose, exposition, exposure, expression, fact, facts, false front, fanfaronade, figure, fingering, flair, flaunt, flaunting, flourish, forthcoming, grounds, grounds for belief, hint, histrionics, identification, incarnation, indication, indicativeness, instance, issuance, item of evidence, laying bare, mark, material grounds, materialization, materializing, meaning, muniments, mute witness, naming, observability, occurrence, opening, outcrop, outcropping, pageant, pageantry, parade, patefaction, perceptibility, picking out, piece of evidence, pointing, pointing out, pointing to, premises, presentation, proof, publication, realization, reason to believe, relevant fact, removing the veil, revealing, revealment, revelation, rise, rising, seeableness, selection, sham, show, showing, showing forth, showing up, showing-off, showup, sign, signification, specification, spectacle, splash, splurge, staginess, stripping, suggestion, symptom, symptomaticness, the seen, the visible, theatrics, theophany, token, uncloaking, uncovering, unfolding, unfoldment, unmasking, unveiling, unwrapping, vaunt, visibility, visibleness, visuality, what is revealed