different between exhibit vs exhibitory

English

Etymology

From Latin exhibitus, perfect passive participle of exhibe? (“I hold forth, present, show, display”), from ex (“out of, from”) + habe? (“I have, hold”); see habit.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???z?b?t/, /??-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???z?b?t/, /??-/
• Rhymes: -?b?t
• Hyphenation: ex?hib?it

Verb

exhibit (third-person singular simple present exhibits, present participle exhibiting, simple past and past participle exhibited)

1. (transitive) To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
2. (transitive) To demonstrate.
3. (transitive, law) To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence.

4. (intransitive) To put on a public display.

5. (medicine) To administer as a remedy.

Synonyms

• (display or show (something) for others to see): display, show, show off
• (demonstrate): demonstrate, show
• (present for inspection):

Related terms

• exhibition
• exhibitionist
• exhibitor
• Exhibit A
• inhibit
• prohibit

Translations

Noun

exhibit (plural exhibits)

1. An instance of exhibiting.
2. That which is exhibited.
3. A public showing; an exhibition.

   The museum's new exhibit is drawing quite a crowd.

4. (law) An article formally introduced as evidence in a court.

   Exhibit A is this photograph of the corpse.

Synonyms

• (instance of exhibiting): showing
• (public showing): exhibition, exposition, show

Translations

Further reading

• exhibit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• exhibit in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /??.zi?bit/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /e?.zi?bit/
• Rhymes: -it

Verb

exhibit m (feminine exhibida, masculine plural exhibits, feminine plural exhibides)

1. past participle of exhibir

English

Etymology

Latin exhibitorius relating to giving up: compare French exhibitoire exhibiting.

Adjective

exhibitory (not comparable)

1. exhibiting; publicly showing
   • 1780, Thomas Warton, The Life of Sir Thomas Pope

     In an exhibitory bill, or schedule, of expences for their removal this year, as it seems, mention is made of carrying the clock from the college-hall to Garsington-house