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inevidence Now rare.|ɪnˈɛvɪdəns|
[in-3. Cf. mod.F. inévidence (Littré).]
Lack of evidence; the fact of being inevident.
†1. Want of evidence or manifestation (of something). Obs.
a1654H. Binning Comm. Princ. Chr. Relig. Wks. 1839 I. 69 It is not so much the inevidence of marks and fruits that makes them doubt. 1667J. Flavel Saint Indeed (1754) 102 The hiding of God's face, the prevalency of corruption, and the inevidence of grace. 1698Norris Pract. Disc. (1707) IV. 146 When Faith is said..to be of inevident things, the Meaning is not of an absolute but of a Relative inevidence.
†2. Uncertainty. Obs.
1658Bp. Reynolds Van. Creature Wks. (1677) 6 He opposeth the life of God, to the vanity and uncertainty, the word is, to the Inevidence of Riches. a1677Barrow Serm. (1687) I. xxxi. 449 Charge them..that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches (ἐπὶ πλούτου ἀδηλότητι in the obscurity or inevidence of riches). [Cf. 1 Tim. vi. 17.]
3. The condition of not being evident or clearly discernible; want of clearness, obscurity. rare.
1671J. Flavel Fount. of Life xxi. 63 If thou..hast gone..mourning and lamenting because of the Inevidence and Cloudiness of thy Interest in Him. 1681― Meth. Grace vii. 139 It may come to from the inevidence of the premises. 1817Coleridge Biog. Lit. I. 269 note, This is clear by the inevidence of the converse. |