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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Evidence \Ev"i*dence\, noun [F. ['e]vidence, L. Evidentia. See {Evident}.]
1. That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the evidence of our senses; evidence of the truth or falsehood of a statement.
Faith is . . . the evidence of things not seen. --Heb. xi. 1.
O glorious trial of exceeding love Illustrious evidence, example high. --Milton.
2. One who bears witness. [R.] ''Infamous and perjured evidences.'' --Sir W. Scott.
3. (Law) That which is legally submitted to competent tribunal, as a means of ascertaining the truth of any alleged matter of fact under investigation before it; means of making proof; -- the latter, strictly speaking, not being synonymous with evidence, but rather the effect of it. --Greenleaf.
{Circumstantial evidence}, {Conclusive evidence}, etc. See under {Circumstantial}, {Conclusive}, etc.
{Crown's evidence}, {King's evidence}, or {Queen's evidence}, evidence for the crown, in English courts; equivalent to {state's evidence} in American courts. [Eng.]
{State's evidence}, evidence for the government or the people. [U. S. ]
{To turn King's evidence} {To turn Queen's evidence}, or {To turn State's evidence}, to confess a crime and give evidence against one's accomplices.
Syn: Testimony; proof. See {Testimony}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Evidence \Ev"i*dence\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Evidenced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Evidencing}.] To render evident or clear; to prove; to evince; as, to evidence a fact, or the guilt of an offender. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
evidence
noun
1: your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling" [syn: {grounds}]
2: an indication that makes something evident; "his trembling was evidence of his fear"
3: (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved
verb
1: provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes; "His high fever attested to his illness"; "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication"; "This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness" [syn: {attest}, {certify}, {manifest}, {demonstrate}]
2: provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence" [syn: {testify}, {bear witness}, {prove}, {show}]
3: give evidence; "he was telling on all his former colleague" [syn: {tell}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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