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ev⋅i⋅dent

  [ev-i-duhnt]
Use evident in a Sentence
–adjective
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.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L ēvident- (s. of ēvidēns), equiv. to ē- e- + vident- (s. of vidēns) prp. of vidēre to see; see video, -ent

Related forms:
ev⋅i⋅dent⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
obvious, manifest, palpable, patent, unmistakable. See apparent.

Antonyms:
concealed.
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ev·i·dent   (ěv'ĭ-dənt)   
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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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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