noun

1. Archaic the condition of being evident
2. something that makes another thing evident; indication; sign
3. something that tends to prove; ground for belief
4. Law something presented in a legal proceeding, as a statement of a witness, an object, etc., which bears on or establishes a point in question

Etymology: ME < OFr < L evidentia < evidens, clear, evident < e-, from + videns, prp. of videre, to see: see wise

transitive verb evidenced -·denced, evidencing -·denc·ing

1. to make evident; indicate; show
2. to bear witness to; attest