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Webster 1913 Edition
Evident
Ev′i-dent
,Adj.
Clear to the vision; especially, clear to the understanding, and satisfactory to the judgment;
as, the figure or color of a body is
evident
to the senses; the guilt of an offender can not always be made evident
.Your honor and your goodness is so
evident
. Shakespeare
Syn. – Manifest; plain; clear; obvious; visible; apparent; conclusive; indubitable; palpable; notorious. See
Manifest
. Webster 1828 Edition
Evident
EV'IDENT
,Adj.
Definition 2024
evident
evident
See also: évident
English
Adjective
evident (comparative more evident, superlative most evident)
- Obviously true by simple observation; eyely.
- It was evident she was angry, after she slammed the door.
- 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 26, in The Dust of Conflict:
- Maccario, it was evident, did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
obviously true
External links
- evident in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- evident in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911