What does the word evince mean?
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Part of speech: verb transitive
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To
show
plainly;
prove.
Usage examples for evince
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However,
Melitus,
you
have
sufficiently
shown
that
you
never
bestowed
any
care
upon
youth;
and
you
clearly
evince
your
own
negligence,
in
that
you
have
never
paid
any
attention
to
the
things
with
respect
to
which
you
accuse
me.
– Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates by Plato
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The
demands
for
such
conversations
evince
either
complete
ignorance,
or
a
desire
to
ignore
that
degree
of
development
on
which
the
pupils
stand.
– Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales by Leo Tolstoy
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It
was
natural
that
the
daughter
of
such
a
parent
should
soon
evince
some
taste
in
his
art.
– Zanoni by Edward Bulwer Lytton