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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MANIFEST'O, n. [L. manifestus,manifest.] A public declaration, usually of a prince or sovereign, showing his intentions, or proclaiming his opinions and motives; as a manifesto declaring the purpose of a prince to begin war,and explaining his motives. [Manifesto only is now used.]
MAN'IFEST, v.t. [L. manifesto.] To reveal; to make to appear; to show plainly; to make public; to disclose to the eye or to the understanding.
Nothing is hid, which shall not be manifested. Mark 4.
He that loveth me, shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. John 4.
Thy life did manifest thou lov'dst me not.
1. To display; to exhibit more clearly to the view. The wisdom of God is manifested in the order and harmony of creation.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government) [syn: manifesto, pronunciamento]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun (plural -tos or -toes) Etymology: Italian, denunciation, manifest, from manifestare to manifest, from Latin, from manifestus Date: 1620 a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer II. intransitive verb Date: 1748 to issue a manifesto

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -os) a public declaration of policy and aims esp. issued before an election by a political party, candidate, government, etc. Etymology: It. f. manifestare f. L (as MANIFEST(1))

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Manifesto Man`i*fes"to, n.; pl. Manifestoes. [It. manifesto. See Manifest, n. & a.] A public declaration, usually of a prince, sovereign, or other person claiming large powers, showing his intentions, or proclaiming his opinions and motives in reference to some act done or contemplated by him; as, a manifesto declaring the purpose of a prince to begin war, and explaining his motives. --Bouvier. it was proposed to draw up a manifesto, setting forth the grounds and motives of our taking arms. --Addison. Frederick, in a public manifesto, appealed to the Empire against the insolent pretensions of the pope. --Milman.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(manifestos, or manifestoes) A manifesto is a statement published by a person or group of people, especially a political party, or a government, in which they say what their aims and policies are. The Tories are currently drawing up their election manifesto... N-COUNT: usu sing, usu with poss

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Declaration (of a sovereign or a government), manifest, public protestation.

Moby Thesaurus

affidavit, affirmance, affirmation, allegation, announcement, annunciation, assertion, asseveration, averment, avouchment, avowal, bulletin board, circular, communique, conclusion, creed, declaration, deposition, dictum, edict, encyclical, enunciation, ipse dixit, notice, notification, position, position paper, positive declaration, predicate, predication, proclamation, profession, program, programma, pronouncement, pronunciamento, proposition, protest, report, say, say-so, saying, solemn declaration, stance, stand, statement, statement of belief, ukase, utterance, vouch, white book, white paper, word