Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
MANIFEST
I. adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French manifeste, from Latin manifestus caught in the act, flagrant, obvious, perhaps from manus + -festus (akin to Latin infestus hostile)
Date: 14th century
readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sight, easily understood or recognized by the mind ; obvious , see: evident manifestly adverb
II. transitive verb
Date: 14th century
to make evident or certain by showing or displaying, see: show manifester noun
III. noun
Date: 1561
manifestation , indication , manifesto , a list of passengers or an invoice of cargo for a vehicle (as a ship or plane)