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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Spampinato’s ochre-drenched rural vistas, with Van Goghesque swirling skies, are pastoral celebrations whose warm simplicity and formal acumen evince a fertile creative mind.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025

The court’s major gay rights cases, though less focused on education, evince a similar concern for protecting minor children from laws that impair their developing sense of equal citizenship.

From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2023

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

To her credit, Pugh manages to evince some restraint.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2023

For his part, Euwe didn’t evince much pride in his swift victory, since he felt that Bobby “was only a boy.”

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

When you do the math after watching, the numbers don’t look great: The project evinces an abundance of ambition but ends up with a deficit of passion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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

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

From Slate ● Feb. 20, 2026

Even the word, beginning and ending with similar vowel qualities, evinces monotony.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2024

I have gone to each officer of that Regiment demanding that they send a retributive expedition, but none evinces the slightest interest in the undertaking.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" 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

The results of McCartney’s unceasing post-Beatles toil are evinced by the stats.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2025

“I can’t recall a single time he evinced any stress,” Ira Reiner, an attorney who represented Archerd, recently told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2024

The Harris team reacted positively to the showcase, saying it evinced strength and a willingness to walk into the lion’s den.

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2024

This complaint evinced a chorus of agreement, but Molly was silent.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

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

A lighthearted experience this is not; Ms. Schilinski recreates the harsh frigidity of exacting European filmmakers such as Michael Haneke and Ingmar Bergman without evincing the slightest interest in redemption or silver linings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026

As much as their codependent friendship brings them closer, when spoken to at the same time, Roman and Dennis always differ in their answers, evincing an underlying disconnect.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2025

The courts have interpreted this prohibition to encompass “conduct evincing a lack of honesty, probity or integrity in principle,” as well as “recklessly false misrepresentations” of facts and law.

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2021

To settle the quarrel without evincing any partiality, Jupiter announced that the city would be intrusted to the protection of the deity who would create the most useful object for the use of man.

From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline) Guerber