Found 1 items, similar to To exhibit a foundation or prize.
English → English (gcide) Definition: To exhibit a foundation or prize Exhibit \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. [1913 Webster] Exhibiting a miserable example of the weakness of mind and body. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] He suffered his attorney-general to exhibit a charge of high treason against the earl. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster] 3. (Med.) To administer as a remedy; as, to exhibit calomel. [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster]