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Webster 1913 Edition

Self-evident

Selfˊ-ev′i-dent

,
Adj.
Evident without proof or reasoning; producing certainty or conviction upon a bare presentation to the mind;
as, a
self-evident
proposition or truth
.
–
Selfˊ-ev′i-dent-ly
,
adv.

Webster 1828 Edition

Self-evident

SELF-EV'IDENT

,
Adj.
Evident without proof or reasoning; that produces certainty or clear conviction upon a bare presentation to the mind; as a self-evident propostion or truth. That two and three make five, is self-evident.

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