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The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display.

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  1. n. The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display.
  2. n. That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art, or of feats of skill, or of oratorical or dramatic ability; as, an exhibition of animals; an exhibition of pictures, statues, etc.; an industrial exhibition.
  3. n. Sustenance; maintenance; allowance, esp. for meat and drink; pension. Specifically: (Eng. Univ.) Private benefaction for the maintenance of scholars.
  4. n. The act of administering a remedy.
  5. n. the act of exhibiting
  6. n. a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display
  7. 1. The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display. 2. That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art, or of feats of skill, or of oratorical or dramatic ability; as, an exhibition of animals; an exhibition of pictures, statues, etc.; an industrial exhibition. 3. Sustenance; maintenance; allowance, esp. for meat and drink; pension. Specifically: (Eng. Univ.) Private benefaction for the maintenance of scholars. What maintenance he from his friends receives, Like exhibition thou shalt have from me. Shak. I have given more exhibitions to scholars, in my days, than to the priests. Tyndale. 4. (Med.) The act of administering a remedy.
  8. n:100 n. the act of exhibiting n. a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display