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Webster 1913 Edition
Evidence
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
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.
Syn. – Testimony; proof. See
Testimony
. Ev′i-dence
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Evidenced
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Evidencing
.] To render evident or clear; to prove; to evince;
as, to
. evidence
a fact, or the guilt of an offenderMilton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Evidence
EV'IDENCE
,Noun.
1.
That which elucidates and enables the mind to see truth; proof arising from our own perceptions by the senses, or from the testimony of others, or from inductions of reason. Our senses furnish evidence of the existence of matter, of solidity, of color, of heat and cold, of a difference in the qualities of bodies, of figure , &c. The declarations of a witness furnish evidence of facts to a court and jury; and reasoning, or the deductions of the mind from facts or arguments, furnish evidence of truth or falsehood.2.
Any instrument or writing which contains proof.I delivered the evidence of the purchase to Baruch. Jer.32.
I subscribed the evidence and sealed it. Jer.32.
3.
A witness; one who testifies to a fact. This sense is improper and inelegant, though common, and found even in Johnson's writings.EV'IDENCE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
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French
Noun
évidence f (plural évidences)
- obviousness, clearness
- Il faut se rendre à l'évidence.
- We must face the facts.
- Il faut se rendre à l'évidence.