evince

American  

[ih-vins] / ɪˈvɪns /

verb (used with object)

• evinces,
  present (3rd person singular)
• evinced,
  past participle,  past
• evincing
  present participle

1. to show clearly; make evident or manifest; prove.

2. to reveal the possession of (a quality, trait, etc.).

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evince British  

/ ɪˈvɪns /

verb

1. (tr) to make evident; show (something, such as an emotion) clearly

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Usage

Evince is sometimes wrongly used where evoke is meant: the proposal evoked (not evinced ) a storm of protest

Synonym Usage

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• evincible
  adjective
• evincive
  adjective
• nonevincible
  adjective
• unevinced
  adjective
• unevincible
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Participles

• evincing
  present
• evinced
  past

Conjugated Forms

Present

• evince
  simple
• evinces
  simple
• have evinced
  perfect
• has evinced
  perfect
• am evincing
  progressive
• are evincing
  progressive
• is evincing
  progressive
• have been evincing
  perfect progressive
• has been evincing
  perfect progressive

Past

• evinced
  simple
• had evinced
  perfect
• was evincing
  progressive
• were evincing
  progressive
• had been evincing
  perfect progressive

Future

• will evince
  simple
• will have evinced
  perfect
• will be evincing
  progressive
• will have been evincing
  perfect progressive

Etymology

Origin of evince

1600–10; < Latin ēvincere to conquer, overcome, carry one's point, equivalent to ē- e- ¹ + vincere to conquer

Explanation

The verb evince means to show or express clearly or to make plain. Evidence can evince the innocence of the accused, and tears can evince the grief of mourning. Evince is a rather formal word that reveals the presence of something hidden — usually a feeling. So, if you are happy, your smile might evince your happiness. And if you are angry, the skull and crossbones on your tee shirt might evince your anger. Evincing is about expressing. If you are keeping your feelings inside, there's not a lot of evincing going on.

Example Sentences

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Mice exposed to prebirth stress, for instance, are liable to evince stress-related consequences as adults, and to some extent their offspring might inherit these consequences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

As we argued earlier this week, the obvious next step will be to evince that same institutional humility with a summary affirmance of the U.S.

From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2024

One of America’s best crime novelists, Winslow, an Irish Catholic kid who found fortune later in life, can, when the politics strike him, evince the heart of a fighter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2023

Curtis' Oscar and Brendan Fraser's best actor win over category favorites Colin Farrell for "The Banshees of Inisherin" and Austin Butler for "Elvis" evince this.

From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2023

“What now? What sudden eagerness is this you evince? What are you going to do?”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

It evinces her hand in its flat figures racing with buckets toward a burning bridge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

Given the heightened inflation expectations, Nuveen evinces a clear preference for floating rate rather than fixed-credit instruments, energy and upstream assets across equities, and for hard assets and real return profiles.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 10, 2026

Spanning 50 years and running nearly three hours, “Kokuho,” which has become Japan’s biggest live-action hit ever, evinces intensely mixed feelings about its two main characters’ quest for greatness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026

The court’s opinion evinces no concern about political backlash or economic ruin.

From Slate ● Feb. 20, 2026

He evinces considerable enthusiasm at these stories — seems to be involved in them.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

Attorney Jeanine Pirro stepped to a lectern last month and evinced no doubt that her office would prove that a former Olympic canoeist, David Hearn, had vandalized the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

But our marriage wasn’t filled with disasters, and there were breaks in the clouds that evinced Mark’s unwavering endurance and depth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2025

Those last two groups are notable because Cohn was himself both Jewish and gay, yet evinced an odd inability to see how the bigotries he cultivated against others like him reflected on himself.

From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2024

Hispanics is best evinced by its recurring presence on the SoCal Latino meme clearinghouse Foos Gone Wild, beginning, perhaps, with the viral 2018 Instagram video “It’s Modelo time, Foo.”

From Slate ● Jul. 5, 2023

His face evinced confidence; his smiles disappeared before they were completed.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah

Nevertheless, she remains strong, her erect posture evincing her self-confidence that she is more than capable of managing the difficult time ahead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

The trees made it through that year, without evincing the scale of the damage.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

A stunning Mouat throw proved decisive, evincing a first-pump from the restrainted Scot and earning him an audience with Snoop moments later.

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026

“Becky is such a loving character, so I just got to tap in to how much love I have for the world,” says Medel, evincing as much sincerity as the character.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2023

Before that time, the females of our country begin to fade, evincing one effect of torrid summers and frozen winters.

From The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book by Eliza Leslie