单词 | manifestation |
释义 | manifestationn. 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. 40/7 ‘Manifestation’ is sometimes used by ‘franglophones’ to mean ‘demonstration’. 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. 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). < n.?a1425 |
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