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 ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A document produced and identified in court for future use as evidence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Exhibitor. ] One who exhibits; one who presents a petition, charge or bill. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. exhibitio a delivering: cf. F. exhibition. ] 1. The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Sustenance; maintenance; allowance, esp. for meat and drink; pension. Specifically: (Eng. Univ.) Private benefaction for the maintenance of scholars. [ 1913 Webster ]

What maintenance he from his friends receives,
Like exhibition thou shalt have from me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have given more exhibitions to scholars, in my days, than to the priests. Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Med.) The act of administering a remedy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eng. Univ.) One who has a pension or allowance granted for support. [ 1913 Webster ]

A youth who had as an exhibitioner from Christ's Hospital. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a person with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals; -- usually a male. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- flasher. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention. [ wns=2 ]
Syn. -- show-off. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. compulsively attracting attention to oneself especially by boasting or exaggerated behavior. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Serving for exhibition; representative; exhibitory. Norris.

-- Ex*hib"it*ive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Cf. L. exhibitor a giver. ] One who exhibits. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. exhibitorius relating to giving up: cf. F. exhibitoire exhibiting. ] Exhibiting; publicly showing. J. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]