| exhibit | 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. 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. <medicine> 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. Origin: L. Exhibitus, p. P. Of exhibere to hold forth, to tender, exhibit; ex out + habere to have or hold. See Habit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| exhibition | 1. The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display. 2. That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art, or of feats of skill, or of oratorical or dramatic ability; as, an exhibition of animals; an exhibition of pictures, statues, etc.; an industrial exhibition. 3. Sustenance; maintenance; allowance, especially. For meat and drink; pension. <engineering> Specifically: Private benefaction for the maintenance of scholars. "What maintenance he from his friends receives, Like exhibition thou shalt have from me." (Shak) "I have given more exhibitions to scholars, in my days, than to the priests." (Tyndale) 4. <medicine> The act of administering a remedy. Origin: L. Exhibitio a delivering: cf. F. Exhibition. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| exhibitionism | A disorder in which the act of exposing the genitals to an unsuspecting stranger produces sexual excitement with no attempt at further sexual activity with the stranger. (12 Dec 1998) |
| exhibitionist | One who engages in exhibitionism. (05 Mar 2000) |