evidencyn.
/ˈɛvᵻd(ə)nsi/, U.S. /ˈɛvəd(ə)nsi/, /ˈɛvəˌdɛnsi/ 1. The quality, condition, or state of being evident or clear; clearness, evidentness; = evidence n. 2.
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society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > [noun]
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apparentness1583
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patency1656
obviousness1661
1534 W. Marshall tr. Erasmus Playne & Godly Expos. Commune Crede f. 150v Payntyng setteth the thing forth to the eye..and perfourmeth that euidencie makynge the thynge manifeste.
1592 tr. F. Du Jon Apocalypsis xvii. 8 So I expound the words of the Apostle for evidency sake.
1611 Bible (King James) Prov. viii. Argt. The fame and euidencie of wisdome.
1682 T. Ashenden No Penalty, no Peace 23 Though their Evidency is Evinced with much pomp and state of formal demonstration, yet without all doubt, Moral Truths do most justly challenge the Precedence.
1721 tr. Leonardo da Vinci Treat. Painting 184 Make use of..the Aerial Perspective, to diminish and weaken their evidency, by showing them less finished, and distinct.
1819 D. Cresswell Treat. Geom. Pref. p. iii Upon the clearness..and the precision of the definitions, in Geometry, the evidency of the conclusions must mainly depend.
1893 T. J. McCormack tr. E. Mach Sci. Mech. ii. 252 The same simplicity and evidency will be found to belong to the Huygenian principles as to the Newtonian propositions.
1989 D. P. Cushman & S. S. King in S. S. King Human Comm. as Field of Study xvii. 234 The criteria of certainty and evidency are the substantive criteria which connect the material beliefs contained in a premise or norm with their conclusions.
2. An indication, mark, sign, or token; (as a mass noun) indications, signs; = evidence n. 8. Also: testimony.
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society > communication > indication > [noun] > an indication or sign
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fingereOE
senyeOE
markOE
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signifyingc1384
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notea1398
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1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 581/1 There are some saintes, which ought to be honoured of men, by reason of the euidency of dreames or of deceatfull miracles.
1586 T. Bright Treat. Melancholie xxxvi. 212 These thinges being matters of iudgement..and consisting of euidencie to be knowen of others.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxv. 178 These are not dead when they cease to move or afford the visible evidencies of life.
1753 tr. F. I. Espiard de la Borde Spirit of Nations iii. xxi. 212 Many happy Evidenciesthat an infinitely more humane Policy had taken Place.
1813 Examiner 26 Apr. 266/1 Surer evidencies of the immortality of man.
1892 Wisconsin State Reg. 30 Jan. The brutality..of the treatment of the seaman..would be incredible if the evidency of Shields was not supported by other direct testimony.
1970 Robesonian (Lumberton, N. Carolina) 18 Feb. 18/2 There appear to be evidencies that some people do not recognize the plans of God.
1985 Key West (Florida) Citizen 17 Nov. 9 c/1 The testimony and evidency upon which the appeal is to be based.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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