Exhibiting

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Exhibit \Ex*hib"it\, 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.
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              Exhibiting a miserable example of the weakness of
              mind and body.                        --Pope.
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     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.
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              He suffered his attorney-general to exhibit a charge
              of high treason against the earl.     --Clarendon.
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     3. (Med.) To administer as a remedy; as, to exhibit calomel.
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     {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.]
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