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English Dictionary: exhibiting by the DICT Development Group
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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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