evidencen.
/ˈɛvᵻd(ə)ns/, U.S. /ˈɛvəd(ə)ns/, /ˈɛvəˌdɛns/ 1. Manifestation; display. Obsolete.In quot. c1475 as a count noun.
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society > communication > manifestation > [noun]
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propositiona1382
evidencec1384
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demonstrationc1450
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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Macc. iii. 24 The spirit of almiȝty God made grete euydence [L. evidentiam] of his shewyng.
c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 662 Doublettys of glas yeve a gret evydence, Thyng counterfeet wol faylen at assay.
1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. sig. A5v Which hee performed with that euidence of great learning.
1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xiii. l. 104 I mark'd his parting, and the Steps he trod, His own bright evidence reveals a God.
2. Clearness, evidentness. Obsolete.
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society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > [noun]
evidency1534
evidentness1534
evidence1550
apparentness1583
manifestness1589
palpableness1608
patency1656
obviousness1661
1550 J. Véron tr. U. Zwingli Ymage Both Pastoures sig. B.v The Christian Pastour, and flocke,..doeth wyth soche euydence [L. euidentia] and lyuelynesse expresse the type & fygure of thee dyuyne Maiestie.
1556 J. Olde tr. R. Gwalther Antichrist f. 70 The twoo places of scripture..which paynt out Antichristes visnomye vnto vs wyth suche lyght and euidence.
1612 J. Cotta Short Discouerie Dangers Ignorant Practisers Physicke 102 Who comparing the one with the other, cannot see, in which truth hath more euidence, and trust securitie?
1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. v. iv. sig. Kk6v Certain Truths, that have in them so much of native Light or Evidence..it cannot be hidden.
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. ii. 63 They [sc. our faculties] expand and evolve themselves into more distinction and evidence of themselves.
1706 H. Sacheverell Nature, Obligation, & Meas. Conscience 13 The Matter propos'd to the Mind, has not this Clearness, and Evidence in it self.
1776 S. Johnson Let. 3 Feb. (1992) II. 289 These, dear Sir, are my thoughts, immethodical and deliberative; but, perhaps, you may find in them some glimmering of evidence.
1882 St. G. Mivart Nature & Thought (1885) 122 So evident that we require no grounds at all for believing them save the ground of their own very evidence.
II. Law.
3. A document by means of which a fact is established in a legal investigation, or which is presented in support of a legal right or claim, esp. a title deed. Now historical and rare.In the 15th and 16th centuries often with the sense ‘documents collectively’ (cf. esp. quots. 14651, 1594), and sometimes with a numeral (cf. quot. 1503-4), as if taken as a plural form of evident (cf. evident n.).
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [noun] > instance of
evidence1385
monstrationc1550
probatum1613
society > law > legal document > types of legal or official document > [noun] > preserved as evidence of a fact
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muniment1425
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [noun] > documentary evidence
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1385 in 3rd Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1872) App. 410 in Parl. Papers (C. 673) XXXIII. 337 The xvi. day of this moneth of Jenuer, to schaw how and for qwat caus, throw qwat chartir or ewydens thai halde or clemys to hald the landys or tenandris of Lytiltone and Lowranzstone of Achtyrcoman of hym.
1402 in Rev. Eng. Stud. (1932) 8 259 (MED) He bydd that my consell scholde..schewe hym the Euedenses that I haue þer of.
c1439 J. Gyn in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 5 Þe evidences..receyved of yow at your last beyng at Norwich.
1465 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 294 I haue put youre evydens that com owte of the abbay in a seck, and enseylyd hem vndere Richard Call ys seall.
1465 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 175 The same day Brame toke to Thorneton sertene hevydense of myn, to take to James Hobard.
1503–4 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 327 A boxe wt iiij. ewydence, wt iij. other wretynges.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jer. xxxii. 14 I charged Baruch..to take this sealed euydence with the copie.
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 938/2 A poore woman..besought him to declare what he had doone with euidences of hirs.
1594 Mirrour Policie (1599) I ij All the farmers..were murthered..their goods spoiled, their euidences burned, their houses raised.
c1613 ( in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 151 All your new esvedence by your father to John Norton.
1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 283 a Writings vnder seale, as Charters and Deeds, and other writings without seale, as Court Rolles, Accounts, and the like..are called Euidences.
a1672 A. Wood Life (1848) 142 He began to peruse the evidences of Oriel coll. in their treasury.
1738 London Evening-Post 7 Nov. Copies of several Hundreds of Deeds and Evidences, Charters, Patents, Grants, with abundance of their Seals.
1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) IV. 327 The next clause usually inserted..is, ‘together with all deeds, evidences, and writings’.
1875 J. T. Fowler Acts Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1875) Pref. 5 A book of evidences relating to Obits kept in Ripon Minster.
1953 H. E. Bell Introd. Hist. & Rec. Courts of Wards & Liveries iv. 73 One warning notice dated 1609, from the escheator of Wiltshire,..orders the addressee..to bring with him all his evidences concerning the lands under consideration.
4.
a. Information (in the form of personal or documented testimony or the production of material objects), tending or used to establish facts in a legal investigation. Also in to bear evidence, to give in evidence, to give evidence. Also in figurative contexts.See also circumstantial evidence at circumstantial adj. 1a, presumptive evidence at presumptive adj. 2. For prima facie evidence see prima facie adj.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [noun]
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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. lxxxvii. 872 [Smaragdus] makeþ men haue gode wordes and fair euidence in cause and in plee.
1504 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1504 §14. m. 15 The seid justices shall awarde to the same persone so gevyng evidens .x. s.
1518 W. Neville Castell of Pleasure sig. C.vi Yf forther age wold agayne the gyue euydence Sayng they were wel occupyed yt were troubled with ye.
1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. vi. f. 114 Euery one of them geuing in euidence that they had spoken afore.
1567 H. G. tr. G. Boccaccio Pleasaunt Disport Diuers Noble Personages x. f. 44v An vniust accusation was brought against hir..before the Magistrate, and after by false euidence proued.
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xiii. 31 Ile see their triall first, bring in their euidence . View more context for this quotation
1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. sig. A5v So, S. Chrysostome that liued in S. Hieromes time, giueth euidence with him.
1613 T. Potts Wonderfull Discov. Witches sig. Z2 After all these Examinations, Confessions, and Euidence, deliuered in open Court against her, His Lordship commanded the Iurie to obserue the particular circumstances.
1683 J. Dryden Life Plutarch Ded. sig. C2v They..transported their Evidence to another [country], where they knew 'twas vendible.
a1719 J. Addison Evid. Christian Relig. (1730) 23 They bear evidence to a history in defence of Christianity.
1792 J. Almon Anecd. Life W. Pitt (octavo ed.) I. iv. 58 To find proper evidence for convicting the offenders.
1863 Royal Charter §16 in London Univ. Cal. (1866) 25 Which Register shall be conclusive evidence that any person whose name shall appear thereon..is..entitled to vote.
1875 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. x. 333 The other terms of the tenancy may be proved by parol or verbal evidence without writing.
1950 E. P. Goldschmidt Printed Bk. of Renaissance p. vii He did not trouble..to refute my charges, but he insisted on a more exact formulation of my views. He challenged me to produce my evidence.
1955 Manch. Guardian 4 Mar. 11/4 The case was opened on February 15, when several witnesses gave evidence before Alderman C. G. S. Gordon.
2014 M. Gaskill Between Two Worlds xx. 370 A principal witness..had retracted her evidence.
b. As a count noun: a piece of information used to establish facts in a legal investigation.
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c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 131 (MED) A fals pletere þat vndertakyth a fals plee..kan schewe a fals euydence & make a queste to say wrong.
1589 P. Ive tr. R. Beccarie de Pavie Instr. Warres iii. iii. 273 The euidences being read at large, the Colonell shall declare vnto them that they are assembled for to iudge according vnto the truth.
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. i. 130 The concurrent testimonies of many Witnesses..make an evidence more concludent.
a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 415 The person he had sent to Mitchell gave a full evidence of the promises he had made him: But Sharp denied them all.
1767 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (new ed.) I. App. i. 158 Want of discernment in judges, who could not discuss an intricate evidence.
1868 Impeachm. & Trial Andrew Johnson 72/2 If the manager is to refer to the answer as an evidence for one purpose he must take it as it stands.
1914 Times 27 June 7/3 Mr. Aspinall..confined himself to making deductions from the evidences of witnesses called on behalf of the Empress of Ireland.
2012 M. Spencer & J. Spencer Evid.: Concentrate (ed. 2) vii. 115 The court is satisfied that compliance with [the rule]..would not be likely to maximise the quality of the witness's evidences.
c. With the. The testimony which has been received by a law court and entered on its records in any particular case.
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1531 W. Tyndale Answere Mores Dialoge f. ciiijv The kynges graces both curtesie and wysdome, wolde have charged the iudges to haue examined ye euidence layed agenst him diligently.
1613 T. Potts Wonderfull Discov. Witches sig. N4 The Euidence being not very pregnant against her, she was acquited, and found Not guiltie.
1706 Coll. State Tracts Reign William III II. 777 The Evidence was so plain, that the Judges directed the Jury to bring him in Guilty.
1810 E. H. East Rep. Cases King's Bench 11 308 Teal and Cumberland being present in Court, Mr. Justice Lawrence's report of the evidence on the trial was read.
1860 C. Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 21 Apr. 38/2 The same incorrigible medical forefinger pointed out another passage in the evidence.
1915 Southwestern Reporter 172 807/2 The proposition was presented that the evidence would not sustain the verdict.
2009 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 11 Nov. City section 2 The jury of eight women and four men took less than nine hours to consider the evidence and return their verdicts in the case.
d. As predicate. Statements or proofs admissible as testimony in a court of law.
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1648 J. March Reports 121 A writing which by the Law is not Evidence, might be admitted as Evidence by the consent of the parties.
1761 H. Bathurst Theory Evid. (Dublin ed.) 41 Where the Original is in being, the Copy is no Evidence.
1817 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. Index Fleet books, not evidence. Where declaration of wife, and letters written by her, are evidence.
1935 Manch. Guardian 14 Dec. 8/2 This typewritten document is evidence. The notes the Chief Constable made are exactly in the same position as regards admissibility as any notes anybody might make.
2011 Dayton (Ohio) Daily News (Nexis) 26 Mar. a4 The prosecution also said alleged juror comments to the media were inadmissible hearsay and not evidence.
e. evidence-in-chief n. (in court proceedings) the evidence given by a witness in response to the initial questioning by the party which called that witness to testify; cf. examination-in-chief n. at examination n. 1e.In certain cases a written or video-recorded statement may stand as a witness's evidence-in-chief.Somewhat rare in U.S. usage.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [noun] > other types of evidence
direct evidence1591
adminicle1592
extrinsic evidence1660
evidence-in-chief1747
hearsay evidence1753
secondary use1765
secondary evidence1810
rebuttable presumption1837
1747 Proc. House of Peers upon Impeachm. 41 Where a Witness is tendered by the Plaintiff to be sworn, the Oath to give Evidence in Chief is administred to him.
1845 Bradford Observer 1 May 7/2 The witness was cross-examined at some length, but his evidence in chief remained unshaken.
1938 Irish Times 27 May 11/7 He was led through his evidence-in-chief and then cross-examined.
1993 Mod. Law Rev. 56 315 Where..trials are conducted before a judge alone, a statement is usually allowed to stand as the evidence in chief of the witness.
2014 M. Wiener & B. Bateman One Tragic Night 239 Baba testified in his evidence-in-chief that he called Oscar first.
5. † a. A person who provides testimony or proof in a legal investigation; a witness. Obsolete.In quot. 1594 evidence may be the object of swear (and hence show sense 4a) rather than the complement of come. N.E.D. (1894), perhaps influenced by an edition by W. A. Wright, interprets euidence in quot. 1608 at sense 4a as having the collective sense ‘witnesses’, but other commentators do not follow this.† c. In extended use: a spy. Obsolete.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [noun] > a witness
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1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. L4 His scarlet Lust came euidence to sweare That my poore beautie had purloin'd his eyes. View more context for this quotation
1681 Arraignm.,Tryal & Condemnation S. Colledge 72 And did not you come to me and tell me, there was a noise of your being an Evidence.
1731 Gentleman's Mag. 1 218 The Lady Lawley was sentenced to be imprisoned one month for spiriting away an evidence.
1762 S. Foote Orators ii. 50 Look upon this evidence; was he present at Mr. Parson's knockings?
1823 W. Scott Peveril IV. vi. 119 Two infamous and perjured evidences..made oath to the prisoners' having expressed themselves interested in the great confederacy of the Catholics.
1856 G. Fife Trial Wiliam Palmer 11 The witness's qualification is not stated..—consequently no clue is afforded us to judge of his competency as an evidence in so important a case.
1902 S. J. Weyman In Kings' Byways i. 162 He was no longer Mr. Hunt, of Romney, but Hunt the Approver, Hunt the Evidence.
b. A member of a criminal partnership who offers himself or herself as a witness for the prosecution against the other persons implicated. Frequently in to turn King's (also Queen's, State's) evidence; also to turn evidence. Also in extended use.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > give evidence [verb (intransitive)] > act as witness > turn state's evidence
to turn evidencea1689
nose1811
to turn King's (also Queen's, State's) evidence1865
a1689 A. Behn Widdow Ranter (1690) i. i. 6 They say too..that you Boozer was a Common Pick-pocket, and being often flogg'd at the Carts-tale, afterwards turn'd Evidence.
1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 93 One of the Gang, who to save his own Life, has turn'd Evidence.
1787 W. Huntington Justif. Sinner 133 Why sure the cursed wretch did not drag the poor soul into rebellion, and then turn the king's evidence, did he?
1865 H. Kingsley Hillyars & Burtons iv I hate a convict who turns Queen's evidence.
1886 Science (N.Y.) 8 603 Mr. Bartlett Channing Paine comes into court, and, as state's evidence, gives the following testimony.
1889 Daily News 25 Dec. 5/2 The Bishop might have been better employed than in turning King's evidence against the Sermon on the Mount.
1930 N.Y. Times 8 June 21/3 Rumors were current at the Federal Building yesterday that more of his co-defendants might desert him to turn State's evidence.
2002 Times 22 Aug. 25 (caption) Stewart has grown increasingly paranoid..since the investigations began, and now even former friends are turning evidence against her.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > [noun] > a secret observer, spy
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1691 T. Southerne Sir Anthony Love v. i Get you gone then, like an Evidence, behind the hangings.
III. Grounds for belief; example or instance; indication, sign.† 7. An example or instance, esp. one of an instructive nature, or which serves as a model for conduct; (as a mass noun) examples or instances, esp. serving as a model for conduct. Obsolete.Frequent in Gower.
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a. Grounds for belief; facts or observations adduced in support of a conclusion or statement; the available body of information indicating whether an opinion or proposition is true or valid. With for, of (the thing proved), from, of (the source of the facts). †to have evidence to say (also ask, etc.) (and variants): to have good grounds for saying, asking, etc. (obsolete).See also external evidence n. at external adj. 4, internal evidence at internal adj. 3b(b). For moral evidence, see moral adj. 7. For probable evidence, see probable adj. 2c.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun] > evidence given, testimony
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discovery1622
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a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 77 Hit makeþ non euidens for neiþer side.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 337 Here William telleþ a magel tale wiþ oute evidence.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 74 Theologie..yifth evidence Of thing which is noght bodely.
1421 in Cal. Proc. Chancery Queen Elizabeth (1827) I. p. xvii (MED) By evidence of his dedys.
a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 107 (MED) Þe dedis þat Crist dide ben unsuspect evydence þat Crist is boþe God and man.
c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 286 (MED) Thus hafe we euydens to aske þe emperour..whate ryghte þat he claymes.
c1475 (?c1384) in J. H. Todd Three Treat. J. Wycklyffe (1851) p. vii Þei shulden haue euydence to seie þat God haþ told þem þis.
a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) viii. l. 2383 Þis kynge [sc. Edwart] þan fenȝheid ewidens, As to declare his consciens..Qwhat he in Scotlande gert be done.
1530 Compend. Olde Treat. sig. Aijv It owght to be..as we shall preue by open euidence thoroughe goddes helpe.
1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. iv. 56 Adoration grounded vpon the euidence of the greatnes of God.
1611 Bible (King James) Hebrew xi. 1 Now faith is..the euidence [1887 Revised assurance] of things not seen. View more context for this quotation
1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. i. §7 Those who deny that there is a God, do assert other things on far less evidence of reason.
1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. iii. 169 Its Evidence not being so convincing and satisfactory as it might have been.
1795 W. Paley View Evidences Christianity (ed. 3) II. ii. vi. 133 There is no evidence that any forgeries were attempted.
1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 457 The evidence of sight is corrected by the judgment.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 100 The weight of evidence appears strongly in favour of the claims of Cavendish.
1944 Spectator 12 May 425/1 The evidence of my ears was confirmed by an official who had frequently heard nightingales.
1971 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 16 Jan. 8/1 A paper presenting evidence that this third type of autonomic nerve fibre acts by releasing..a purine nucleotide.
2010 F. Pryor Making of Brit. Landscape (2011) xv. 667 There can be very few people who do not by now accept the overwhelming evidence for global climate change.
b. As a count noun: something serving as a proof. Now somewhat rare.
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c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xx. l. 160 (MED) By this simile [B text c1400 Laud 581 skil]..ich seo an euidence, That ho so synegeþ in þe seynt espirit, asoilled worth he neuere.
a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) ii. l. 386 (MED) Yiff thou list to seen an euidence How that his liff stood in iupartie, See heer his spere.
1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 19 Thinges wiche I graunte..expressyd as folwith aftyr in writyng, that here aftyr it may be knowe for an euydence in the seid tabyll.
1478 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 511 Donne..fownde þat the Duke off Suffolk was verrye patrone, whyche was false yitt they ded it fore an euydence.
1584 J. Rainolds & J. Hart Summe of Conf. 518 Your Diuines could finde some antike verse there that were an euidence for the Popes supremacie.
1599 R. Pont Newe Treat. Right Reckoning of Yeares 9 For an evidence whereof, wee finde by just reckoning..that the 6. yeare of the governement..was a Sabbatical yeare.
1665 J. Glanvill Scepsis Scientifica Addr. Royal Soc. sig. A4 I took the boldness to borrow that deservedly celebrated name, for an evidence to my Subject.
1699 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. (ed. 4) §205 Cato Major..has left us an Evidence, under his own Hand, how much he was versed in Country Affairs.
1779 J. Goldie Ess. Important Subj. 73 Is it possible that any of these different churches can produce an infallible evidence for the infallibility of such a positive belief?
1855 Q. Rev. Dec. 17 His Essay on Conversation is an evidence how well he understood its proprieties and delicacies.
1917 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 June 293/2 The antiquary's half [of the volume] is better than ever it was for careful citation of the evidences from deeds and records.
1999 B. Hosken in J. F. Ashton In Six Days (2011) xi. 125 The argument of design in nature as an evidence for a Creator is not new.
c. Grounds, or a proof, on which Christian belief is based. Frequently with capital initial, esp. in Evidence or Evidences of Christianity, Evidences of the Christian Religion, or simply The Evidences. Now chiefly historical.
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1585 R. Parsons Christian Directorie i. iv. 294 This whole discourse and treatise of the proofes and euidences of our Christian religion.
1667 R. Baxter Reasons Christian Relig. ii. ix. 365 Those who see so many objections and difficulties, that they are turned from the due apprehension of the Evidences of Christianity, and can think of nothing but stumbling-blocks to their Faith.
1729 J. Entick (title) The evidence of Christianity asserted.
1730 (title) The evidences of the Christian religion.
1794 W. Paley (title) A view of the evidences of Christianity.
1828 R. Taylor Syntagma App. 119 The passage..is..the very strongest testimony in favour of the Christian Evidences that I have ever met with.
1859 J. S. Mill On Liberty v. 193 There is no reasonable objection to examining an atheist in the evidences of Christianity.
1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic ix. 295 The other half [of the Fallacy is found] in a treatise on the Evidences.
1977 T. D. Bozeman Protestants in Age of Sci. vii. 139 The Evidences quickly became a mainstay of orthodox Protestantism in both Britain and America.
2012 J. S. Fluhman Peculiar People ii. 69 High regard for the evidences of Christianity had been apparent since antiquity, but by the 1830s and 1840s Christian argumentation had become elaborate.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > [noun] > exemplifying some rule, activity, quality, etc.
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c1391 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Huntington) vii. l. 3347* (MED) Of this tale..These noble princes whilom drowhe Here evidence and here aprise.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 247 Wherof thou myht take evidence To reule with thi conscience.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 5304 Be this evidence lerne, Hou it is good, [etc.].
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 2295 Þis euydens [a1400 Vesp. for-bisening, a1400 Fairf. 14 ensaumple] biheld þis oþer.
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xv. l. 429 Go bifore as a good baneoure, And hardy hem þat bihynde ben and ȝiue hem good euydence.
a1450 St. Edith (Faust.) (1883) l. 1620 (MED) Of gode leuyng hee ȝaff hem gret euidens.
1530 Thorpe's Examinacion sig. G.iii The slyding fro the treuth of these runagates shall be to me and to many other men and women an example and an euidence to stondethe more stifly by the trewith of Christe.
8. † b. Christian Church. In plural. Signs or tokens of personal salvation. Obsolete.
a. An indication, sign, or token; (as a mass noun) signs, indications. Also †to take evidence: to prognosticate on the basis of signs or omens. to bear (or give) evidence: to afford indications.
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society > communication > indication > [noun] > an indication or sign
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a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 1160 This Hors..was to Troie an evidence Of love and pes for everemo.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. l. 813 A Raven, be whom yit men mai Take evidence, whan he crieth, That som mishapp it signefieth.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xxxix. 1187 Ofte men þat schal fighte takeþ euydence and deuyneþ..what schal byfalle by sorwe oþur by ioye þat þe hors makeþ.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 4518 If ani man þer ware Coude telle to quat euidens it [sc. Pharaoh's vision] bare.
c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) Prol. 1 I haue perceiued well by certeyne euidences thine abilite to lerne sciencez.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 217/2 Evydence, declaryng of a thynge.
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1537) xlvii. f. 91v The domage that she shuld suffre by thy consent, shuld gyue euidence of the smal thought, that thou takest of my deth.
1601 W. Cornwallis Ess. II. xxxi. sig. S2v The creatures that giue vs earthly immortalitie [1632 mortalitie], whose chosen euidence is beauty.
1644 O. Cromwell Let. 5 July in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) III. 300 It had all the evidences of an absolute Victorie.
1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 838 A plain evidence, that this God and that Angel of Jehovah were the same Person.
1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. ii. 52 I give you this as an Evidence of the Difference in the Kinds of Magick.
1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella II. ii. i. 264 She everywhere afforded the evidence of faculties developed by unceasing intellectual action.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xv. 99 A day..was spent in examining the evidences of ancient glacier action.
1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands vii. 167 The country they were traversing gave evidence of careful cultivation.
1930 Scotsman 22 Dec. 2/2 The Basque language..bears evidences of borrowing from Romance tongues.
2006 N.Y. Times 3 Mar. e4/2 Both women..give every evidence of having thought deeply and fruitfully about their intentions.
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1586 J. Prime Expos. St. Paul to Galathians vi. 293 The euidences of our saluation are thoroughly perused to the euerlasting saluation of many a soule.
1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 258 All these I graunt are exceeding good signes and euidences of a mans saluation: but yet some of them may deceiue.
1679 J. Bunyan Fear of God 203 Labour even alwaies to keep thine evidences for Heaven and of thy salvation alive upon thy heart.
1758 S. Hayward Seventeen Serm. xvi. 493 A person just entering upon eternity..with his evidences all dark.
1861 Gospel Standard Oct. 306 He felt that his sins were pardoned. He saw his evidences clear and bright.
Phrases
P1. in evidence [perhaps after Middle French or French en évidence (1601 or earlier)] : clearly present; prominent, conspicuous.
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the world > space > place > presence > present [phrase]
in (also into, intil, to) present?c1225
in (the) presencea1393
in placea1400
upon the place1600
in evidence1612
to the fore1637
on (also upon) hand (also hands)1835
sur place1915
on-site1946
on the ground1960
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adverb] > clearly visible > conspicuously
in evidence1612
eminently1632
prominently1704
pronouncedly1785
1612 S. Veghelman tr. J. de L'Espine Found. Christian Relig. i. 271 Although there were [a] great number, who had not bowed the knee to Baal; Neverthelesse..were they not in euidence.
1649 E. Stephens tr. B. de Vigenère Disc. Fire & Salt i. 116 Those of the third preceding, being secret and hidden, came not in evidence, except that the fourth day happened their faculties would reveal themselves.
1800 tr. L. S. Mercier New Picture Paris II. ccxxvi. 299 What is most in evidence in the city is to see the quays, the bridges, the cross-ways..and streets the whole of their length, obstructed by moveable stalls.
1888 Church Times 28 Dec. 1153/3 The Broad Church school was more in evidence than at any previous Congress.
1914 Manch. Guardian 26 Oct. 3/5 Warm browns and greens are perhaps most in evidence.
1949 H. Bailey Demonstr. Physical Signs Clin. Surg. (ed. 11) xxiii. 301 Pallor and rapid pulse are not in evidence.
2013 D. Stashower Hour of Peril ii. xii. 145 Both Lamon's banjo and his capacity for drink were very much in evidence.
P2. to produce in evidence: to produce as part of the evidence before a court of law. to be in evidence: to form a part of the evidence before a court of law. Also in figurative contexts.
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1641 J. Glynne Reply Earl of Straffords Def. 25 In his answer to this case hee did open it..that hee had a letter from the King, but he produces none in evidence.
1656 Rep. T. Owen 96 Iurors..shall not enquire of Estoppels, because it is not in evidence.
1794 Trial John Horne Tooke 261 The Court could not tell the Jury what parts of that case might be applicable to the present..unless the whole were in evidence.
1817 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 959 The policy must be produced in evidence.
1900 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 474 There must be a suspension of judgement in the matter until spectrograms of nebular nuclei can be produced in evidence.
1944 Manch. Guardian 10 Jan. 5/6 The document is in evidence..and presents the defence with the opportunity of making completely irrelevant mischief.
2013 J. E. Sieber & M. B. Tolich Planning Ethically Responsible Res. (ed. 2) vii. 123 A colleague served on a jury where verbatim text messages..were produced in evidence.
P3. to call in evidence: to call as a witness. Also in figurative contexts.
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1656 G. Bishop Cry of Blood 18 The Magistrates called the Clark, in evidence against him.
1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 343 To be call'd in Evidence concerning a Curiosity, that employ'd all the Great Men of his time.
1816 Parl. Hist. Eng. XXVIII. 485 Though the managers who had expressly summoned him, were predetermined that he should not be called in evidence, the counsel for the defendant would.
1869 Manch. Guardian 7 Jan. 3/3 He quotes the mulatto half-breed against the crossing theory, and calls in evidence Mr. Crawford on ‘The mixture of races’.
1913 Times of India 9 Oct. 5/3 The accused wanted to call in evidence the Chairman of the Standing Committee and the Commissioner.
1965 Irish Times 30 Jan. 8/7 I think it is not quite fair to call him in evidence against Trollope..or to compare those two books at all.
2009 R. A. M. van Schijndel Confidentiality & Victim-offender Mediation ii. iv. 56 People who are called in evidence generally have a legal duty to testify.
Compounds
C1. General attributive and objective.
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1449 T. Howes et al. in Paston Lett. & Papers (2005) III. 63 Ye write that ij or iij of vs shuld go in to youre evydence hous, þere to fynde a box ful of evidence longyng to Roys.
1593 in D. Yaxley Researcher's Gloss. Hist. Documents E. Anglia (2003) 42 1 great Evidence chest.
1618 True Relation of Two Strange & Fearefull Accidents sig. B2v The euidence giuer brought in, vpon his oath a false accusation.
1828 C. Wordsworth King Charles I 103 A more visionary piece was never sketched by the pencil of a determined evidence-maker.
1832 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 47 500 Jurymen are not the only persons who, upon occasion, can show themselves evidence-proof.
1842 J. Bowring Mem. Bentham anno 1827–8 in J. Bentham Wks.: Pt. XX 584/2 [Bentham:] You might go on to examine evidence of the character of the evidence-giver.
1920 Lawyer & Banker Mar. 132 The Judge, Prosecutor and Evidence Forger, adroitly assumes an attitude, tone and interrogation as if the most damaging evidence had been given.
2006 Times 20 June (Law section) 5/2 The Office of the Prosecutor..laboriously recruiting and training a staff—legal interpreters, investigators, evidence collectors and witness interviewers.
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evidence bag n. originally U.S. a bag in which a piece of physical evidence gathered during a criminal investigation is placed to protect it from contamination, interference, etc.Evidence bags are typically sealable and made of (clear) plastic or paper.
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1956 Daily Independent (Corona, Calif.) 29 June 1/3 Contained in the identification unit are: Cameras..; film to cover crime scene, flash bulbs, evidence bags and tags, [etc.].
1973 R. H. Fox & C. L. Cunningham Crime Scene Search & Physical Evid. Handbk. (U.S. Dept. Justice) App. A. 171 (table) Place in paper evidence bag and label appropriately.
1998 Irish Times 29 Aug. 8/1 Instead of snorting, smoking, or swallowing the substance, the man slips it into a plastic evidence bag.
2015 L. Waters NYPD Green xvi. 195 Forensics got to work, taking several swabs, each carefully sealed in an evidence bag.
evidence-based adj. based on, concerning, or derived from evidence; empirical; (chiefly) spec. designating an approach to medicine, health and social care, education, etc., which emphasizes the practical application of the findings of the best available current research in the field; of or relating to such an approach.Frequently in evidence-based approach, evidence-based medicine, evidence-based practice, etc.
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1981 Jrnl. Politics 43 433 Without evidence-based examination, existence of dissonant hypotheses merely obscures an understanding of dissent's outcomes.
1992 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 4 Nov. 2420/1 Evidence-based medicine de-emphasizes intuition, unsystematic clinical experience, and paraphysiological rationale..and stresses the examination of evidence from clinical research.
1993 Milbank Q. 71 454 Part of a program to encourage evidence-based practice by nurses in hospital labor and delivery suites.
1994 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 3 Feb. 38/1 It directs curious readers to sources that establish those judgments in a strictly evidence-based manner.
2013 J. R. Duffy Quality Caring in Nursing & Health Syst. (ed. 2) ii. viii. 149 Evidence-based practice is essential to safe, high-quality patient outcomes.
evidence locker n. originally and chiefly U.S. a locker for securely storing pieces of evidence gathered during criminal investigations.Recorded earliest in attributive use.
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1912 La Crosse (Wisconsin) Tribune 5 Sept. 6/6 A bullet riddled coat..stolen..from the evidence locker room.
1912 Salt Lake Tribune 31 Dec. 3/1 A pair of..shoes are in the evidence locker at police headquarters.
1959 FBI Law Enforcement Bull. Aug. 23/1 An officer who took possession of an item of physical evidence was..to place the item in a compartment of the evidence locker, lock the compartment, and keep the key.
1980 N.Y. Times 12 Jan. 2/5 180 pounds of heroin..disappeared from the evidence lockers.
2012 R. Pollero Bargain Hunting ii. 27 The last time I saw that gun was just before it was put in the evidence locker.
evidence room n. (a) (British) a room (esp. in the principal house of a landed estate) in which deeds, other legal documents, records, etc., are kept (cf. sense 3; now historical and rare); (b) (chiefly North American) a room for securely storing physical evidence gathered during criminal investigations.
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1693 J. Holt in Arguments Lord-Keeper 50 There is no appearance of any unkindness or displeasure conceived by the Duke against the Earl,..as is evident by the Order of the Keys of the Evidence-Room to be delivered to him when he went away.
1798 S. E. Brydges Arthur Fitz-Albini II. ii. 26 The solicitor, the steward, and..Arthur, met; the evidence-room was opened; [and] the will was found.
1883 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 7 June 2/5 The deeds he had produced..were returned to the evidence room.
1913 Salt Lake Tribune 7 May 16/2 The exhibits were locked again in the evidence room and the attorneys..retired for private conference in the office of Chief Grant.
1962 Times 30 Nov. 24/6 (advt.) Appleby castle..Great hall, 3 reception rooms, Baron's chamber and cloakroom.., Evidence room, [etc.]
1991 Police Chief July 17/2 Intrusion detection devices for evidence rooms, vaults and other repositories.
2008 E. Spindler Breakneck lxxvii. 307 M. C. headed to the evidence room. She greeted the officer stationed there, requested the tape, and signed for it.
evidence technician n. originally and chiefly North American a person, typically a police officer or member of police support staff, responsible for gathering and processing physical evidence during criminal investigations; also attributive, esp. in evidence technician unit.
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1954 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 16 June e41/3 Joseph Olvera, evidence technician, Richmond Police Department.
1976 Alton (Illinois) Tel. 24 Aug. 1/2 Lab technicians of the St. Louis Police Department's Evidence Technician Unit probed every inch of the yard.
1989 N. Carolina Rep. 322 377 At approximately 6:50 p.m.,..a crime lab evidence technician with the Craven County Sheriff's Department..arrived at the scene.
2010 T. Hoag Secrets to Grave (2016) 523 Evidence technicians are going through that trunk with a fine-toothed comb.
evidence vault n. a vault or strongroom for securely storing physical evidence gathered during criminal investigations.
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1923 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 17 July 23/2 The liquor [that] was confiscated..practically filled the evidence vault at the city hall.
1972 N.Y. Times 12 Mar. n57/4 Access to the evidence vault in the office of the United States Attorney was limited to staff personnel.
2007 B. Reiss Black Monday xiv. 157 He..turned into the cop who laughed away rumours that he sold cocaine from the evidence vault.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
evidencev.
/ˈɛvᵻd(ə)ns/, U.S. /ˈɛvəd(ə)ns/, /ˈɛvəˌdɛns/ 1. To demonstrate by means of evidence.
a. transitive. Of a person, factual information, testimony, etc.: to establish (a fact, etc.) by means of evidence; to make evident, demonstrate, show, prove. Also with clause or infinitive as object. Occasionally intransitive. Now rare.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > prove, demonstrate [verb (transitive)]
i-sothea925
soothec950
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kitheOE
betell1048
showc1175
prove?c1225
treousec1275
stablisha1325
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justifya1393
tryc1412
answer?a1425
appreve?c1450
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convictc1475
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remonstrate1601
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attaint1609
monstrate1609
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evince1611
improve1613
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to make out1653
ascertain1670
to bring off1674
to make (something) to through1675
render1678
substantiatea1691
establisha1704
to bring out1727
realize1763
validate1775
a1601 H. Cuffe Differences Ages of Mans Life (1607) 86 Hauing thus euidenced the truth of our two positions, that there is a set time of endurance vnto euery man and vnto all mankind.
1610 J. Sanford tr. P. Du Moulin Def. Catholicke Faith ii. xxi. 394 The words are very remarkable, clearely euidencing that when these prayers were made, Purgatory was not beleeued.
1666 Philos. Trans. 1665–6 (Royal Soc.) 1 244 Cassini pretends to evidence by his observations, that those spots were very large.
1680 W. Temple Ess. Advancem. Trade Ireland in Wks. (1731) I. 118 The Horses must be evidenced by good Testimonies to have been bred in Ireland.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xviii. vii. 222 Put together so many Circumstances to evidence an Untruth. View more context for this quotation
1793 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) III. 550 Our laws..to evidence their right to this, permit them, etc.
1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. i. 9 As I will evidence in a few instances already quoted.
2011 S. Holland in J. Richardson From Recession to Renewal i. iii. 63 Marsh, both a journalist and a historian of the Bundesbank, has evidenced that it came under direct pressure from heads of government throughout the postwar period.
b. transitive (in passive). Esp. of a fact or statement: to be backed up with supporting evidence; to be shown or proven; to be clearly or frequently attested. Frequently with adverbs, as well, better, clearly, poorly evidenced.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > support, corroborate
fasteneOE
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confirmc1384
affirma1393
justifya1393
to bear outa1475
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uphold1485
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underpinc1522
to countenance outa1529
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soothe1544
strengthen1548
comfort1593
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accredit1598
evidencea1601
warrantise1600
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thickena1616
accreditate1654
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support1691
corroborate1706
carry1835
to give (also lend) colour1921
a1601 H. Cuffe Differences Ages of Mans Life (1607) 134 That this hoariheadednesse proceeds from a defect of heat, it is farther euidenced by a strange example recorded by Scaliger, of a man who in one nights space had his head ouergrowen with hoarinesse.
1611 W. Sclater Key to Key of Script. 43 The grose points of Popery wherein they dissent from auncient Rome, their beginnings, and proceedings, and perfection, are euidenced sufficiently by our Diuines.
a1647 W. Bradford Hist. Plymouth Plant. (1856) 424 Ye cause and passages..were clearly represented & sufficiently evidenced.
1667 E. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia: 1st Pt. (1684) i. 336 No one Saint in all the Calendar (except those attested by Scripture) is better evidenced.
1774 J. L. L. Chemico-Med. Diss. on Mercury 24 I have never..met with any account sufficiently evidenced, where any vegetable remedies hitherto discovered..have alone radically cured this disorder.
1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey II. iii. iv. 38 The one [story] I am about to tell is so well evidenced, that I think even Mr. Vivian Grey will hear it without a sneer.
1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic xiii. 422 This is no reason for doubting their reality, when they are evidenced by Intuition.
1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. I. xix. 185 If the truth of her story be evidenced I will exact retaliation.
1913 Theosophy Apr. 260 All [these messages] are attested and evidenced and undoubtedly accepted as genuine by many sincere students.
2015 G. Harvey in C. Partridge Occult World v. xxxvii. 365 Precisely how these or other festivals were celebrated in the ancient past is either undocumented or poorly evidenced.
2. To show evidence of.
a. transitive. Of a person, utterance, etc.: to reveal the presence of, exhibit, or give evidence of (a feeling, quality, etc.). Also with clause or infinitive as object. Cf. evince v. 6.
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society > communication > indication > [verb (transitive)]
tokenc888
sayOE
tellc1175
note?c1225
signifyc1275
notifyc1390
signc1390
ossc1400
testify1445
point1477
betoken1486
indike?1541
demonstrate1558
to give show of1567
argue1585
portend1590
speak1594
denotate1597
denote1597
evidence1610
instance1616
bespeak1629
resent1638
indict1653
notificate1653
indicate1706
exhibit1799
to body forth1821
signalize1825
to speak for ——1832
index1862
signal1866
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > be or give evidence of
to show forth?c1225
witnessa1300
sustain?c1425
testify1445
showa1500
manifest?a1513
make1573
argue1585
evidence1610
attesta1616
citea1616
evince1621
to speak to ——1624
1610 W. Sclater Threefold Preseruatiue sig. D3 That feruour of affection, which before they had euidenced.
c1610 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1735) 91 Thereby evidencing she did not stand upon Ceremonies.
1788 W. Tudor in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) IV. 230 A desire of evidencing that respect and gratitude which I..feel for you.
1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xii. 299 Her native hilarity of heart is evidenced constantly.
1872 R. Browning Fifine xliii If somehow every face..Evidence..that warm Beneath the veriest ash, there hides a spark of soul.
1875 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. viii. 305 The courts eagerly seized on any expressions evidencing this intention.
1917 Washington Post 1 July 6/2 The public at large will probably have still another opportunity to evidence its loyal support of the great humane task of the Red Cross.
1993 Calif. Lawyer Apr. 44/2 Riordan evidenced a trait critics consider untenable in a mayor: self-aggrandizement.
2016 Radio Times 20 Feb. (South/West ed.) 24/1 They evidenced a maturing desire to take chances.
b. transitive. Of a thing: to be or show evidence of (something); to indicate; to attest, prove (a fact). Also with reflexive pronoun as object, followed by complement. Rarely intransitive with to.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > prove, demonstrate [verb (transitive)] > be proof of
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showa1325
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verifyc1430
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persuadea1525
arguea1538
demonstrate1572
argue1585
put1596
evidence1611
evident1643
to make out1795
1611 W. Sclater Key to Key of Script. 160 Pride..bewraies it selfe by these euidences:..gate, gesture, lookes, apparell, &c. euidence it.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. xiii. 225 Were there any such effectuall heat in this starre, yet could it but weakly evidence the same in Summer. View more context for this quotation
1653 R. Austen Treat. Fruit-trees 1 Worcestershire..Kent, and many other parts..can sufficiently evidence the Profits of Orchards.
1663 W. Charleton Chorea Gigantum 56 The ruines evidence themselves to be the effect.
1690 W. Penn Brief Acct. Rise Quakers (1834) 57 His behaviour at Derby..did abundantly evidence it.
1706 S. Clarke Disc. Nat. Relig. 281 The Effect..evidenced it self in a..remarkable manner.
1744 E. Young Complaint: Night the Seventh 26 Fierce Passions..Presage a nobler Flight, And evidence our Title to the Skies.
1859 J. O. Halliwell Introd. Evid. Christianity 97 Occurrences evidencing the divinity of Christ.
1875 C. Lyell & L. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 12) II. ii. xxviii. 88 The Hillsides..were much shaken, as evidenced by the many bare patches with which they were chequered.
1885 E. Clodd Myths & Dreams i. iv. 68 The survival of grammatical forms common to the Aryan ancestors..evidenced to one parent primitive speech.
1910 Rep. Supreme Court Kansas 81 620 On either side of said channel well-defined marks, evidencing the ordinary flowing of water therein.
1999 Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair: 1999 Handbk. 263/4 The overall quality of the bracelet, as evidenced by both the setting and the workmanship, is exceptional.
2013 E. J. Mandery Wild Justice iii. xvi. 346 White's competitiveness evidenced itself everywhere.
a. transitive. To disclose or relate (a fact, etc.) as a witness; to support by one's testimony. In passive (sometimes with it as subject): to be related or attested by a witness. Also in extended use. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)]
witne?c1225
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record1340
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depose1529
detest1562
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voucha1616
evidence1620
bespeak1674
rap1728
assert1821
1620 T. Cooper Cry & Reuenge of Blood iv. sig. G3 Now it is euidenced that 2 dayes after the murther, Land meting with one of his consorts, asked him when he saw Iohn Leeson.
1643 E. Symmons Loyall Subj. Beliefe sig. *v It was threatned before (as was evidenced upon oath) before a Justice, that I should be cut off.
1650 H. Ellis Pseudochristus 22 One thing I may not omit here fit to be inserted, evidenced by a Constable, when the businesse..was..heard before the Judge of Assize.
1684 T. Southerne Disappointment iii. i. 41 I invoke Heaven, Earth and Men to evidence my Truth.
1694 J. Crowne Regulus iii. 24 I have nothing to evidence.
1765 Case Canadians distressed by Fire (ed. 2) 21 These people were so tender of what they evidenced on oath.
a1811 J. J. Henry Accurate Acct. Campaign against Quebec (1812) 161 The wretch had evidenced all our proceedings minutely.
1848 Dover (New Hampsh.) Gaz. & Strafford Advertiser 5 Apr. The..seeming unconcern of him who committed the act cannot now be accounted for.—No reliable clue as to who he was has yet been evidenced against him.
b. intransitive. To give evidence, testify, appear as a witness. Obsolete.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > give evidence [verb (intransitive)] > act as witness
to stand in witness1516
depose1529
depone1640
evidence1656
1656 S. Hunton Golden Law 19 His apparent perfections..spake and evidenced for him.
1693 T. Sprat Relation Wicked Contrivance ii. 4 One of the most graceless Wretches that ever yet enter'd upon the Stage of Evidencing.
1693 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 185 Her maid..will evidence against her.
1712 F. Bragge Witchcraft Farther Display'd 26 Here is, as in Wenham's Tryal, a Clergy-man evidencing against the Prisoner.
1887 Scribner's Mag. in J. S. Farmer Dict. Americanisms I hadn' 'a' thought ye'd 'a evidenced agin me that-a-way.
c. transitive. To give evidence against (a person). Obsolete.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > give evidence of [verb (transitive)] > give evidence against
evidence1691
1691 N. Luttrell Diary Mar. in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 190 Charles Edwards, who evidenc'd Mr. Arnold in 1683..hath made affidavit..that what he swore against Mr. Arnold was false.
1695 C. Leslie Remarks Some Late Serm. 6 One T.O..hath..Evidenc'd I know not how many to the Gallows.
Derivatives
ˈevidencing n. and adj.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [adjective] > offering evidence
testifying1585
testificatory1593
evidencing1609
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suffragant1652
attesting1720
evidentiary1780
evincive1805
documentary1843
evidencive1851
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [noun] > act of proving, verification
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [noun] > action of giving evidence
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1609 H. Jacob Humble Supplication for Toleration 29 If it needed for the evidencing thereof anie further Discourse.
1630 R. Sanderson Serm. II. 253 For the farther evidencing of the necessity of which duty.
1642 G. Hughes Art of embalming Dead Saints 32 A realizing and evidencing effect of faith there is, which gives subsistence to things which we yet but hope for.
1650 I. Penington Eccho from Great Deep 55 All the Miracles..were not evidencing and convincing enough.
1682 N. Tate & J. Dryden 2nd Pt. Absalom & Achitophel 3 Since our Evidencing Days began!
1774 O. Goldsmith Grecian Hist. I. ix. 337 The most detested..part of the citizens, such as lived by evidencing and informing.
1853 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) Feb. 51 The vivid evidencings of its maker throughout it.
1887 Homiletic Rev. Dec. 506 This work of the Holy Ghost in a man carries with it an evidencing or witnessing power.
1918 Rep. Supreme Court Tennessee 139 25 The evidencing papers were not forwarded by the local officer to the headquarters in Pittsburgh.
2012 M. J. Hickman et al. Migration & Social Cohesion in UK vii. 195 The evidencing of migrants' contribution to the local economy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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