exhibit

Etymology

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

verb

1. (transitive) To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
   He wanted to exhibit his baseball cards.
   A considerable number of derived nominals, especially thematic nouns, also exhibited o-grade roots. 2006, Donald Ringe, From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 12
2. (transitive) To demonstrate.
   The players exhibited great skill.
3. (transitive, law) To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence.
   I now exhibit this bloody hammer.
4. (intransitive) To put on a public display.
   Will you be exhibiting this year?
5. (medicine) To administer as a remedy.
   to exhibit calomel

noun

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.