Evidence Definition

ĕvĭ-dəns

evidenced, evidences, evidencing

noun

evidences

A thing or set of things helpful in forming a conclusion or judgment.

The broken window was evidence that a burglary had taken place. Scientists weighed the evidence for and against the hypothesis.

American Heritage

The condition of being evident.

Webster's New World

Something that makes another thing evident; indication; sign.

Webster's New World

Something that tends to prove; ground for belief.

Webster's New World

The means by which an allegation may be proven, such as oral testimony, documents, or physical objects.

American Heritage

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verb

evidenced, evidences, evidencing

To make evident; indicate; show.

Webster's New World

To bear witness to; attest.

Webster's New World

To provide evidence for, or suggest the truth of.

She was furious, as evidenced by her slamming the door.

Wiktionary

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idiom

in evidence

Plainly visible; to be seen:
It was early, and few pedestrians were in evidence on the city streets.
As legal evidence:
submitted the photograph in evidence.

American Heritage

in evidence

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Evidence

Singular:

evidence

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From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin evidentia (“clearness, in Late Latin a proof”), from evidens (“clear, evident”); see evident.

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old French from Late Latin ēvidentia from Latin ēvidēns ēvident- obvious evident

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition