Stage 7: Manifestation

From Latin manifestāre (“to make public, reveal, show plainly”)—itself from manus (“hand”) and -festus (“struck, seized, as if grasped by the hand and held forth”). In classical Rome, a manifesto was a public declaration; in Enlightenment Europe, manifestations were the visible signs of inner truth. The word carries a sense of epiphany—the moment when what was hidden becomes undeniably present.

Within the editorial lifecycle, Manifestation is the culmination: the publication of verified entries to the public dictionary. The scriptorium's private labor becomes the world's common resource. Entries become citable, searchable, accessible—transformed from internal scholarship into shared knowledge, available to any reader with a query and a connection.

Process

• Publication: Approved entries are released to the public dictionary, immediately visible to all users.
• Indexing: Search systems are updated so the new content becomes discoverable within moments.
• Notification: Subscribers who track particular words or domains receive alerts of new and revised entries.
• Archiving: Complete version history is preserved—every prior state remains citable for scholarly reference.

The Living Dictionary

The great print dictionaries could wait decades between editions—Samuel Johnson published in 1755 and there matters stood; the complete first edition of the historical dictionary of English took seventy years to finish. A living dictionary breaks this constraint. Entries become available immediately upon verification. Every revision is versioned, ensuring both currency and the ability to cite any historical state. The dictionary can grow and correct itself as fast as the language it documents.