Ex*hib"it , n.
1. Any article, or collection of articles, displayed to view, as in an industrial exhibition; a display; as, this exhibit was marked A;
the English exhibit.
2. (Law) A document produced and
identified in court for future use as evidence.
Ex*hib"it (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhibited;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Exhibiting.]
[L. exhibitus, p. p. of
exhibere to hold forth, to tender, exhibit; ex out + habere to have or hold. See Habit.] 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. (Law) 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.
(Med.) 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. [Obs.]
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