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Webster 1913 Edition


Evident

Ev′i-dent

,
Adj.
[F.
évinent
, l.
evidens
,
-entis
;
e
out +
videns
, p. pr. of
videre
to see. See
Vision
.]
Clear to the vision; especially, clear to the understanding, and satisfactory to the judgment;
as, the figure or color of a body is
evident
to the senses; the guilt of an offender can not always be made
evident
.
Your honor and your goodness is so
evident
.
Shakespeare
Syn. – Manifest; plain; clear; obvious; visible; apparent; conclusive; indubitable; palpable; notorious. See
Manifest
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Evident

EV'IDENT

,
Adj.
Plain; open to be seen; clear to the mental eye; apparent; manifest. The figures and colors of bodies are evident to the senses; their qualities may be made evident. The guilt of an offender cannot always be made evident.

Definition 2024


evident

evident

See also: évident

English

Adjective

evident (comparative more evident, superlative most evident)

  1. Obviously true by simple observation; eyely.
    It was evident she was angry, after she slammed the door.
    • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 26, in The Dust of Conflict:
      Maccario, it was evident, did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them.

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  • evident in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • evident in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Catalan

Adjective

evident m, f (masculine and feminine plural evidents)

  1. obvious; evident

Middle French

Adjective

evident m (feminine singular evidente, masculine plural evidents, feminine plural evidentes)

  1. obvious; evident

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