evince

American  

[ih-vins] / ɪˈvɪns /

verb (used with object)

evinced, evincing

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

Related Words

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Other Word Forms

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

Etymology

Origin of evince

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

The actor is most inventive in roles that evince authority, like the smarmy, manic know-it-all Barney Stinson on “How I Met Your Mother.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2022

Some of them are unmannered, rough, intractable, as well as ignorant; but others are docile, have a wish to learn, and evince a disposition that pleases me.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë