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Evidence   /ˈɛvədəns/   Listen
Evidence

noun
1.
Your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief.  Synonym: grounds.
2.
An indication that makes something evident.
3.
(law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved.
verb
(past & past part. evidenced; pres. part. evidencing)
1.
Provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes.  Synonyms: attest, certify, demonstrate, manifest.  "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication" , "This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness"
2.
Provide evidence for.  Synonyms: bear witness, prove, show, testify.  "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"
3.
Give evidence.  Synonym: tell.



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"Evidence" Quotes from Famous Books



... He no longer felt afraid, since all evidence of the deposit was doubtless at the bottom of the sea with the ill-fated captain. He resolved to deny the ...
— Brave and Bold • Horatio Alger, Jr.
... who (whatever may be his real merit) has had no inconsiderable share in the applauses of his party(1); and who, upon this false and unfounded suggestion, has built a series of observations equally false and unfounded. Let him now be confronted with the evidence of the fact, and let him, if he be able, justify or extenuate the shameful outrage he has offered to the dictates of truth and to ...
— The Federalist Papers • Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison
... eighteenth century. By William, the fair was originally fixed on two days in October, and in 1468 its duration was still further extended.[15] In the church of St. Etienne des Tonneliers, which was put under the protection of the monks of St. Ouen at this time, we can trace further evidence of the gradual consolidation of various trades; even the institution of the curfew bell, at the assembly of Caen in 1061, shows that increasing commerce had insisted upon greater security in the public streets. The Parvis of the Cathedral, too, ...
— The Story of Rouen • Sir Theodore Andrea Cook
... element in the population of New France ever raised, so far as the records attest, one word of protest during the entire period of French dominion. The habitants, as every shred of reliable contemporary evidence goes to prove, were altogether contented with the terms upon which they held their lands, and thought only of the great measure of freedom from burdens which they enjoyed as compared with their friends at home. To speak of them as 'slaves to the ...
— The Seigneurs of Old Canada: - A Chronicle of New-World Feudalism • William Bennett Munro
... dared not confess to himself how much her opinion had influenced him. He resolved that after the funeral he would continue his journey, and write to her, en route, a full explanation of his conduct, inclosing Daddy's letter as corroborative evidence. But on searching his letter-case he found that he had lost even that evidence, and he must trust solely at present to her ...
— Under the Redwoods • Bret Harte


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