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单词 manifestation
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manifestationn.

Brit. /ˌmanᵻfɛˈsteɪʃn/, /ˌmanᵻfəˈsteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌmænəfəˈsteɪʃən/, /ˌmænəˌfɛˈsteɪʃən/
Forms: see manifest v. and -ation suffix.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin manifestation-, manifestatio.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin manifestation-, manifestatio (Vetus Latina) < classical Latin manifestāt- , past participial stem of manifestāre manifest v. + -iō -ion suffix1. Compare Old French, Middle French, French manifestation revelation (c1200; a1630 in sense 2; 1867 in sense 1d, after manifestant manifestant n.), Spanish manifestación (1495), Italian manifestazione (1569; a1872 in sense 1d).Sense 2 is recorded for post-classical Latin manifestatio only in Spanish documents (from 1510 onwards); Du Cange, Gloss. Mediae et Infimae Latinitatis (1678) at manifestatio cites Spanish Carcel de los Manifestados as a name of the prison.
1.
a. The action of making manifest; †exposition, explanation (obsolete); the fact of being manifested; the demonstration, revelation, or display of the existence, presence, qualities, or nature of some person or thing.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > manifestation > [noun]
uppingc950
showingOE
propositiona1382
evidencec1384
musterc1400
manifestation?a1425
demonstrationc1450
ostension1474
demonstrance1509
ostentationa1513
forthsetting1528
apparition1533
manifesting1536
outshow1547
objection1554
displaying1556
proclamation1567
discovery1576
remonstrance1583
appearance1587
explicature1592
ostent1600
object1609
showing forth1615
innotescencea1631
presentment1637
deplication1648
display1661
exertion1668
extraversion1675
exhibitiona1677
exertment1696
show-off1776
unfoldment1850
outcrop1854
outplay1859
eclosion1889
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [noun]
keyeOE
undoinga1330
expositiona1340
declarationc1374
declaringc1374
clearingc1380
expoundingc1380
explanationa1382
interpretation1382
exploitingc1390
unfolding1483
explicating1531
explication1537
clearance?1548
elucidation1570
explaining1576
manifestation1576
untwining1577
illustration1581
untwisting1591
eviscerating1599
unclouding1601
enodation1603
opening1611
dilucidation1615
unsnarling1640
declarement1646
enucleation1650
illumination1656
dilucidatinga1660
luciferousness1665
clarifying1677
unravelling1713
disentanglement1751
exegesis1770
disambiguation1827
evisceration1831
keyword1848
clarificationa1866
exponence1880
exponency1880
straightening1900
demystification1964
?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 241 (MED) Þou hast maad me knowe by manyfestacioun or schewynge of þi sooþfastnesse boþe disceyt of þe feend and also þe infirmyte of my owne propre passioun.
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1874) V. 405 (MED) Tylle hit was made open by the manifestacion of a notable signe wheder parte awe to be folowede.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Gii Of this manifestacion or metyng of our lorde, speketh saynt Johan.
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 371/2 I..haue spoken of this matter somwhat ye more at large, for ye manifestacion of their great blindnesse.
1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 263 The matter..requireth more wordes for ye manifestation therof, then I may now afoorde.
1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 201 The growing vp of mans body, and of the manifestation by little and little of the powers of the soule.
1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Acts i. 3 He shewed himself to them by unquestionable manifestation, at several times in the forty days space.
1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic ix. 288 What we mean by Personal Identity is sameness of substance under great differences of phenomenal manifestation.
1884 L. J. Jennings in Croker Papers I. viii. 226 His friends dreaded that at his funeral there would be some manifestation of..ill-feeling.
1907 A. Bierce in Cosmopolitan Jan. 338/2 Vainly I had sought some method of manifestation, some way to make my continued existence..understood by my..son.
b. An instance of making manifest; (also more or less concrete) the particular form in which someone or something is manifested; (also) that by which something is manifested.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > manifestation > [noun] > a manifestation
showingOE
spectacle1483
ostentationa1513
demonstration1517
objection1554
manifest1561
reflection1590
object1609
manifestation1646
avatar1850
1646 F. Hawkins tr. Youths Behaviour (ed. 4) vi. §25 When thou dost a message, deliverest a relation or manifestation of a businesse; indeavour to doe it without Passion, and with discretion: although it be thou treatest with persons of mean rank or quality.
1658 R. Boyle tr. F. Perreaud Devill of Mascon in Wks. (1999) I. 17 Many relations are extant of manifestations of Dæmons.
a1681 J. Welsh Churches Paradox (?1710) 7 They had Manifestations of His Good Will to bring them back to their former Priviledges.
1776 J. Bentham Fragm. on Govt. i. vi. 185 (note) The people, by various manifestations of its ill-will, will also punish them.
1785 W. Paley Moral & Polit. Philos. (1786) vi. x. 573 Certain credited manifestations of the divine will.
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 418 The universe is in the aggregate, a manifestation of the attributes of God.
1833 J. H. Newman Arians 4th Cent. ii. 167 The Jewish Scriptures introduce to our notice certain peculiar Attributes or Manifestations..of the Deity.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xv. 129 Various odd manifestations of surprise and delight.
a1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1857) 3rd Ser. iv. 47 Sabellians, or worshippers of one person under three different manifestations.
1858 W. E. Gladstone Stud. Homer II. iii. 180 Jupiter is..the supreme manifestation of Power and knowledge.
1867 F. M. Müller Chips (1880) I. Pref. 10 The first manifestation of thought is speech.
1908 J. London Martin Eden xxx. 266 She was not original, not creative, and all manifestations of culture on her part were but harpings of the harpings of others.
1968 N. Mosley Impossible Object 83 When the man and girl came into the pub..there were not only the ordinary manifestations of love, the clasped hands, smiles, the gazing on one another like hypnotists.
1979 J. Raban Arabia through Looking Glass iv. 127 The language of the poet is touched by divinity, it is a manifestation of Allah.
c. Christian Church. The action of making known to another the state of one's conscience. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > [noun]
shriftc1175
wil-shrift?c1225
shrivinga1250
confession1377
fassionc1440
shriftnessc1460
manifestation1657
confessional1816
1657 T. Aylesbury Treat. Confession of Sinne vii. 134 Let that manifestation be granted to be confession.
c1826 J. W. Doyle in W. J. Fitzpatrick Life, Times, & Corr. Dr. Doyle (1880) I. 523 A rule which requires that each of the sisters..should manifest on a certain day in each month to the female Superior the state of their conscience, which..you know would be carried to such a length that the manifestation would include secret temptations [etc.]; in a word, that the manifestation was in fact the same as the subsequent sacramental confession to the priest.
d. = demonstration n. 7.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > militancy > [noun] > demonstration
protesting1582
demonstration1839
manifestation1875
demo1904
march1908
protest march1914
zap1972
1875 A. Helps Social Pressure iii. 57 Instead of discountenancing such political manifestations.
1897 Daily News 22 Feb. 9/3 The pro-Hellenic manifestations in the streets.
1928 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 July 510/4 The Italian measures against manifestations in favour of Enosis (union with Greece).
1978 Daily Gleaner (Fredericton, New Brunswick) 8 Nov. 40/7Manifestation’ is sometimes used by ‘franglophones’ to mean ‘demonstration’.
2. Spanish Law. A process by which an accused person might be protected from the animosity and precipitate action of judges and removed to a special prison out of their reach. Also: the prison provided for this purpose. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > in Spain
manifestation1769
society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [noun] > custody > consigning to > removal from reach of hostile judges
manifestation1818
1769 W. Robertson View State of Europe iii, in Hist. Charles V I. 152 He could..remove the party accused to the Manifestation or prison of the State.
1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages I. iv. 444 This process [sc. jurisfirma], and that which is called manifestation have been the chief powers of the Justiciary [of Aragon], ever since the commencement of that magistracy.
3. A public act on the part of a government intended as a display of its power and determination to enforce some demand. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > manifestation > [noun] > a manifestation > public display by a government
show of force1606
manifestation1823
1823 J. Monroe Message from President of U.S. to Congr. 2 Dec. 14 We could not view any interposition for the purpose of oppressing them, or controlling..their destiny by any European power, in any other light than as a manifestation of an unfriendly disposition towards the United States.
1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. ii. 55 The principal manifestation of the British power was directed against Rangoon.
4. Spiritualism. A phenomenon or collection of phenomena by which the presence of a spirit is supposed to be rendered perceptible. Frequently in plural.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > the occult > spiritualism > [noun] > a spiritual body > phenomena accompanying
manifestation1853
1853 H. Spicer Sights & Sounds 88 In..1850..Cincinnati first became the scene of manifestations through recognised media.
1860 All Year Round 28 July 373 Some of the believers were quite overpowered with this ‘manifestation’.
1887 Courier-Jrnl. (Louisville, Kentucky) 18 Jan. 1/7 Next came a spiritualistic seance which produced no ‘manifestations’.
1912 W. Goldston Exclusive Magical Secrets vi. 286 All the customary manifestations, including bell ringing, tambourine playing, writing on a slate, etc...are then produced.
1959 ‘Corinda’ Thirteen Steps to Mentalism ix. 294 The onlookers have seen mild manifestations..but nothing typical of the classic ghost has been seen.

Derivatives

manifeˈstational adj. of or relating to (a) manifestation.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > the occult > spiritualism > [adjective] > of phenomena accompanying spirit
manifestational1893
1893 A. M. Fairbairn Place Christ in Mod. Theol. ii. ii. i. iv. 398 No theory of manifestational forms and aspects can satisfy the conditions.
manifeˈstationist n. rare a believer in the manifestation of spirits.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > the occult > spiritualism > [noun] > spiritualist or medium
ghost seer1799
sensitive1846
medium1851
spirit medium1851
spiritualist1851
spiritist1854
manifestationist1865
trance-medium1878
spookist1902
trumpet medium1912
witch of Endor1919
metapsychist1922
1865 D. Masson Recent Brit. Philos. iv. 296 To these beliefs the manifestationists..have sought to add a doctrine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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