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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ɛkˈsɪ.be.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [eɡˈziː.be.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''exhibeō''' (present infinitive exhibēre, perfect active exhibuī, supine exhibitum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[ex-]] and [[habeō]] “to have, hold”, so literally “to hold out”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is often written without the ⟨h⟩, as ⟨exibeō⟩.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) Etymonline traces ⟨habeō⟩ to [[ine-pro|*gʰabʰ-|t=to give or receive]].^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of displaying conduct and of causing trouble.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to produce, bring out for inspection, as Cicero's ''exhibē librārium'' “produce the book-box”, and in law ''agere ad exhibendum'' was to sue for production.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant to show, display, to make known in teaching or writing, to reveal, to put on a show, as Martial's wild beasts, and to have or show a feature.^(OLD 2012) It meant to display a mode of conduct, to show oneself as, to furnish, provide, cause trouble, as in Plautus, and to grant.^(OLD 2012) In Ulpian's law it meant to support, maintain a person.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein explains that ''praebēre'' and ''exhibēre'' both mean to give voluntarily what another needs.^(Döderlein 1874)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to exhibit, show, present, deliver, offer.^(Stelten 1995) [[en|exhibit]] came in the mid-15th century from its participle ''exhibitus''.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of displaying conduct and of causing trouble.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of producing evidence.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 40–102/103 AD – Martial uses it of exhibiting a spectacle.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * mid-15th century – English ''exhibit'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To produce, present for inspection, ''(law)'' to produce in court.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To show, display; to make known; to reveal.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To put on show, [[m|en|exhibit]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # To show a feature or effect.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To display a mode of conduct; to show oneself as.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To furnish, provide; to cause trouble; to grant.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(law)'' To support, maintain.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[exhibitiō]]
+ * [[exhibitor]]
+ * [[subexhibeo]]
+ * [[exhibitus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[abhibeō]]
+ * [[adhibeō]]
+ * [[antehabeō]]
+ * [[cohibeō]]
+ * [[diribeō]]
+ * [[habeō]]
+ * [[inhibeō]]
+ * [[perhibeō]]
+ * [[posthabeō]]
+ * [[praehibeō]]
+ * [[praebeō]]
+ * [[en|exhibit]]
+ * [[en|exhibition]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}