transitive. To bring out to be seen, to place in view; to display; to make apparent or evident. Also (later more usually): to demonstrate, give…

transitive. To bear witness to (a fact or statement); to testify to, attest; to furnish oral or written evidence of. with simple object.

transitive. To provide an adequate ground or basis for (an argument, assertion, etc.); to bear out, substantiate, confirm. Cf. support, v. 6b.

transferred of things. transitive. To serve as evidence of; to constitute proof or testimony of.

Of a material or abstract thing: to be a proof, sign, or indication of; to constitute evidence of. transitive. With object and infinitive clause as…

transitive. Of a thing: to be evidence of, prove, attest.

transitive. Of arguments or evidence: to avail (much, little, etc.) for (also against) (an opinion or a disputant). Obsolete.

To prove or evince; to afford good ground for inferring, show weighty reasons for supposing; to… that it is.

To show evidence of. transitive. Of a person, utterance, etc.: to reveal the presence of, exhibit, or give evidence of (a feeling, quality, etc.)…

transferred of things: To be evidence or proof of, testify to, vouch for.

transitive. To constitute evidence of, to bespeak. Obsolete. rare.

To be an indication or evidence of; to make evident or manifest. Const. with object clause or preceded by as.

To give (†or constitute) evidence regarding (a thing); to attest, bear testimony to.