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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Exhibit \Ex*hib"it\, v. 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.]
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