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evident
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Evident \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 ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Old French evident and directly from Latin evidentem (nominative evidens ) "perceptible, clear, obvious, apparent" from ex- "fully, out of" (see ex- ) + videntem (nominative videns ), present participle of videre "to see" (see vision ).
Usage examples of evident.
Now it is evident that in Penance something is done so that something holy is signified both on the part of the penitent sinner, and on the part of the priest absolving, because the penitent sinner, by deed and word, shows his heart to have renounced sin, and in like manner the priest, by his deed and word with regard to the penitent, signifies the work of God Who forgives his sins.
By comparing many different hairs, it was evident that the glands first absorb the carbonate, and that the effect thus produced travels down the hairs from cell to cell.
These questions still interested him, but the flavor of academicism which informed them in the face of the coming catastrophe was becoming more and more evident even to him.
It was evident that he did not like the vicomte and was aiming his remarks at him, though without looking at him.
Julia relied upon him to deliver it, and her conduct towards the Alcalde had the evident object of gaining time for him to do so.
And a powerful Adept as well that much was evident from the signs all over him that pointed to constant manipulations of mage-energy on a scale Ancar had only dreamed of.
The conjunction of the apocalyptic and the ordinary may be most evident in the character of Murray J.
In spite of the evident need to pursue the Italians along the Libyan coast while the going is good, we shall have to consider the dispatch of four or five more squadrons of the Royal Air Force to Greece, and possibly the diversion of part of the 2d British Armoured Division.
The robber that accosted Brother Francis was not in any obvious way one of the malformed, but that he came from the Valley of the Misborn was made evident when two hooded figures arose from behind a tangle of brush on the slope that overlooked the trail and hooted mockingly at the monk from ambush, while aiming at him with drawn bows.
Passion wrought its effect of salvation first of all among the Jews, very many of whom were baptized in His death, as is evident from Acts 2:41 and Acts 4:4.
She looked at me with evident surprise for a moment, then she turned towards her friend, and both began to laugh immoderately.
Mardocheus said he should like to die too, and began regaling himself on it with evident relish.
But their reluctance was not too strong, and it was evident in a subtle way that Boke would win their aid.
After the danger of the boson became evident, the house, then the surrounding houses, then a good part of the town, had been evacuated.
From what Margaret had testified, it was evident that Dana Brye, if actually alive, would logically be the Vindicator.