evince

Definition

To show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest.

Etymology

From Middle French évincer, from Latin ēvincō (“conquer entirely, prevail over; prove exhaustively”), from ē- (short form of ex- (intensive prefix)) + vincō (“conquer”). Doublet of evict.

Example Sentences

• "For You will find in the Progress of our Dispute, that I had some reason to question the very way of Probation imploy'd both by Peripateticks and Chymists, to evince the being and number of the Elements."
• "Common sense and experience will and must evince the truth of this."
• "To evince the abſurdity of that prejudice which conſiders human creatures as brutes, merely becauſe they differ from ourſelves in colour, I muſt beg leave to mention a few of the principal ceremonies that attended the ratification of this peace."

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