evidence
/ˈɛv.ɪ.dəns/ noun, verb
Forms evidences evidencing evidenced
- noun Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion. “There is no demonstrative evidence that anyone was here earlier.”
- noun (law) Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial.
- noun One who bears witness.
- noun A body of objectively verifiable facts that are positively indicative of, and/or exclusively concordant with, that one conclusion over any other.
- verb (transitive) To provide evidence for, or suggest the truth of. “She was furious, as evidenced by her slamming the door.”
Synonyms
attest testify witness grounds certify manifest demonstrate bear witness prove show tell
Etymology
From Middle English evidence, from Old French [Term?], from Latin evidentia (“clearness, in Late Latin a proof”), from evidens (“clear, evident”); see evident.
Webster’s 1913
- noun 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.
- noun One who bears witness. [R.] "Infamous and perjured evidences." Sir W. Scott.
- verb To render evident or clear; to prove; to evince; as, to evidence a fact, or the guilt of an offender. Milton.
Etymology [F. évidence, L. Evidentia. See Evident.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “evidence”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details