13 letters · 18 points in Scrabble
noun a clear appearance
noun a manifest indication of the existence or presence or nature of some person or thing
noun an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit)
originFrom Middle English manifestacion, manyfestacion, manyfestacioun, from Late Latin manifestātiō. In the political sense, a semantic loan from French manifestation. By surface analysis, manifest + -ation.
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