Etymology : Middle English, from Latin exhibitus, past participle of exhibEre, from ex- + habEre to have, hold; more at GIVE
Pronunciation : ig-'zi-b&t
Function : verb
Date : 15th century
1. something presented as evidence in a court of law; display, show, exhibition (of artwork, products, skills, etc.). show, demonstrate; present. 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.].
2. 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.
3. (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.
4. (med.) to administer as a remedy; as, to exhibit calomel.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. To administer as a remedy; as, to exhibit calomel.
8. Any article, or collection of articles, displayed to view, as in an industrial exhibition; a display; as, this exhibit was marked A; the English exhibit.
9. A document produced and identified in court for future use as evidence. an object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill; "he exhibits a great talent".
10. 1. If someone or something shows a particular quality, feeling, or type of behaviour, you can say that they exhibit it. He has exhibited symptoms of anxiety and overwhelming worry = show.
11. When a painting, sculpture, or object of interest is exhibited, it is put in a public place such as a museum or art gallery so that people can come to look at it. You can also say that animals are exhibited in a zoo. His work was exhibited in the best galleries in America, Europe and Asia. + exhibition ex·hi·bi·tion Five large pieces of the wall are currently on exhibition in London.
12. When artists exhibit, they show their work in public. By 1936 she was exhibiting at the Royal Academy.
13. An exhibit is a painting, sculpture, or object of interest that is displayed to the public in a museum or art gallery. Shona showed me round the exhibits.
14. An exhibit is a public display of paintings, sculpture, or objects of interest, for example in a museum or art gallery. an exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
15. An exhibit is an object that a lawyer shows in court as evidence in a legal case.