manifest (v.) Copy link Outline 1. dēclāro, 12. ostendo, 33. mănĭfesto, 1 (rare) • manifest (v.): 1. dēclāro, 1: the gods often m. their presence, divi praesentiam saepe suam d., Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6: cf. to express (II., 5). 2. ostendo, 3: v. to display. 3. mănĭfesto, 1 (rare): to m. gratitude, gratam voluntatem m., Just. 24, 6, extr. (N.B.--In theol. sense, Vulg. 1 Tim. iii. 16.) To m. itself (as any good quality may do), elucere, enitescere: v. to display (itself).