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Meaning of EVIDENT

Pronunciation:  'evidunt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  capable of being seen or noticed; "a discernible change in attitude"; "a clearly evident erasure in the manuscript"; "an observable change in behavior"
  2. [adj]  clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"
 
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 Synonyms: apparent, discernible, manifest, noticeable, observable, obvious, patent, plain
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ev"i*dent\, a. [F. ['e]vinent, l. evidens, -entis; e
out + videns, p. pr. of videre to see. See {Vision}.]
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. --Shak.
      And in our faces evident the sings Of foul
      concupiscence.                           --Milton.
Syn: Manifest; plain; clear; obvious; visible; apparent;
     conclusive; indubitable; palpable; notorious. See
     {Manifest}.
 
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