manifesto

[Italian=(a.) manifest, (s.) a manifesto, from Lat. manifest us =manifest (q.v.).] 1. A public declaration or statement of some government, sovereign, or leader, proclaiming certain opinions, motives, or intentions in reference to some act or line of conduct. *2. A manifestation; evidence, proof. of their virilities."-Browne: Vulgar Errors, bk. iii., "Succeeding years produced the manifesto or evidence "I am to be manifestoed against."-Richardson: Clari a, viii. 261.