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e⋅vince

  [i-vins]
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–verb (used with object), e⋅vinced, e⋅vinc⋅ing.
1. to show clearly; make evident or manifest; prove.
2. to reveal the possession of (a quality, trait, etc.).
Origin:
1600–10; < L ēvincere to conquer, overcome, carry one's point, equiv. to ē- e- + vincere to conquer

Related forms:
e⋅vin⋅ci⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
1. See display.
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e·vince   (ĭ-vĭns')   
tr.v.   e·vinced, e·vinc·ing, e·vinc·es
To show or demonstrate clearly; manifest: evince distaste by grimacing.

[Latin ēvincere, to prevail, prove; see evict.]
e·vinc'i·ble adj.
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Evince

E*vince"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evinced; p. pr. & vb. n. Evincing.] [L. evincere vanquish completely, prevail, succeed in proving; e out + vincere to vanquish. See Victor, and cf. Evict.]

1. To conquer; to subdue. [Obs.]

Error by his own arms is best evinced. --Milton.

2. To show in a clear manner; to prove beyond any reasonable doubt; to manifest; to make evident; to bring to light; to evidence.

Common sense and experience must and will evince the truth of this. --South.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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evince 
1608, from Fr. evincer "disprove, confute," from L. evincere "conquer, elicit by argument, prove," from ex- "out" + vincere "overcome" (see victor). Not clearly distinguished from evict until 18c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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