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| plain or clear to the sight or understanding: His frown made it evident to all that he was displeased. It was evident that the project was a total failure. |
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Evident
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adj. Easily seen or understood; obvious. See Synonyms at apparent. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin ēvidēns, ēvident- : ē-, ex-, ex- + vidēns, present participle of vidēre, to see; see weid- in Indo-European roots.] |
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evident
1382, from L. evidentem (nom. evidens) "perceptible, clear, obvious," from ex- "fully, out of" + videntem (nom. videns), prp. of videre "to see" (see vision). Evidence (c.1300) is L.L. evidentia "proof," originally "distinction." After c.1500 it began to oust witness in legal senses.
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| 1. | clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view" [syn: apparent] |
| 2. | capable of being seen or noticed; "a discernible change in attitude"; "a clearly evident erasure in the manuscript"; "an observable change in behavior" [syn: discernible] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
evident [ˈevidənt] adjective
clearly to be seen or understood
Example: his evident satisfaction; It is evident that you have misunderstood me.
See also: evidentlyExample: his evident satisfaction; It is evident that you have misunderstood me.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Evident
Ev"i*dence\, n. [F. ['e]vidence, L. Evidentia. See Evident.]1. That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the evidence of our senses; evidence of the truth or falsehood of a statement. Faith is . . . the evidence of things not seen. --Heb. xi. 1. O glorious trial of exceeding love Illustrious evidence, example high. --Milton. 2. One who bears witness. [R.] "Infamous and perjured evidences." --Sir W. Scott. 3. (Law) That which is legally submitted to competent tribunal, as a means of ascertaining the truth of any alleged matter of fact under investigation before it; means of making proof; -- the latter, strictly speaking, not being synonymous with evidence, but rather the effect of it. --Greenleaf. Circumstantial evidence, Conclusive evidence, etc. See under Circumstantial, Conclusive, etc. Crown's, King's, or Queen's evidence, evidence for the crown. [Eng.] State's evidence, evidence for the government or the people. [U. S. ] To turn King's, Queen's or State's evidence, to confess a crime and give evidence against one's accomplices. Syn: Testimony; proof. See Tesimony.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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