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.]
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.