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noun

Manifestation n.

The act of manifesting or disclosing, or the state of being manifested; discovery to the eye or to the understanding.

That which manifests; a phenomenon which gives evidence of something hidden; exhibition; display; revelation; as, the manifestation of God's power in creation; the delayed manifestation of a disease. "The secret manner in which acts of mercy ought to be performed, requires this public manifestation of them at the great day."

The materialization or apparition of a spirit; a phenomenon claimed to be seen by spiritualists.

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Etymology of 'Manifestation'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Manifestation" Quotes from Famous Books

... necessary to go over the bitter feuds between these and the Catholic Irish in the old country. The hates they engendered were brought here, but kept from any great outward manifestation, because the Orangemen indulged in no public displays. We believe that there had been only one procession previous to this. In this year, however, an imposing display was resolved upon, but no trouble was anticipated, ...

— The Great Riots of New York 1712 to 1873 • J.T. Headley

... crossed the ranches to find her there. His mind went back to that wonderful time of his life sixteen years before this, when Angele was alive, when they two were involved in the sweet intricacies of a love so fine, so pure, so marvellous that it seemed to them a miracle, a manifestation, a thing veritably divine, put into the life of them and the hearts of them by God Himself. To that they had been born. For this love's sake they had come into the world, and the mingling of their lives was to be the Perfect ...

— The Octopus • Frank Norris

... perfect manifestation of the will to live, which presents itself in the extremely subtle and complicated machinery of the human organism, must fall to dust and finally deliver up its whole being to dissolution, is the naive way in which Nature, invariably true and ...

— Essays of Schopenhauer • Arthur Schopenhauer

... world-famous singer perform this passage always in the same way? Unreflecting people may reply vaguely that it was because the artist "sang with expression." But what constitutes "expression" in singing? No great artist—no matter what the vehicle or medium through which his art finds manifestation—does anything at random. "The wind bloweth where it listeth" only in appearance; in reality, it is governed by immutable law. Similarly, the outward form of an art is only apparently dictated by caprice ...

— Style in Singing • W. E. Haslam

... miracle of gemmed fires and its flaming ministers. Halfway between them and us Norhala and Ruth drifted; I could catch no hint of voluntary motion on their part and knew that they were not walking, but were being borne onward by some manifestation of that same force ...

— The Metal Monster • A. Merritt

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