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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
manifesto
    n 1: a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a
         political party or government) [syn: manifesto,
         pronunciamento]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Manifesto \Man`i*fes"to\, n.; pl. Manifestoes. [It. manifesto.
   See Manifest, n. & a.]
   A public declaration, usually of a prince, sovereign, or
   other person claiming large powers, showing his intentions,
   or proclaiming his opinions and motives in reference to some
   act done or contemplated by him; as, a manifesto declaring
   the purpose of a prince to begin war, and explaining his
   motives. --Bouvier.
   [1913 Webster]

         it was proposed to draw up a manifesto, setting forth
         the grounds and motives of our taking arms. --Addison.
   [1913 Webster]

         Frederick, in a public manifesto, appealed to the
         Empire against the insolent pretensions of the pope.
                                                  --Milman.
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3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
MANIFESTO. A solemn declaration, by the constituted authorities of a nation, 
which contains the reasons for its public acts towards another. 
     2. On the declaration of war, a manifesto is usually issued in which 
the nation declaring the war, states the reasons for so doing. Vattel, liv. 
3, c. 4, Sec. 64; Wolff, Sec. 1187. See Anti-Manifesto. 



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