evincive
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- nonevincive adjective
Etymology
Origin of evincive
Example Sentences
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A sentiment so evincive of magnanimity will be received by Congress with all the admiration and gratitude it merits, and will not cease to inspire me with that confidence in your Excellency, which greatness of mind seldom fails to excite.
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The occasion required that his measures should be firm, but prudent and conciliatory,—evincive of his fixed determination to oppose any rash proceedings, but calculated to assuage the irritation which was excited, and to restore confidence in government.
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These, especially the latter, were urged with every species of cruelty—a mode of attempting to proselyte, evincive of human folly.
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There was nothing of disorganization, nothing of procrastination, nothing evincive of a temper to embarrass or obstruct the public business.
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They are, however, atoned for, on this occasion, by the grave tenor of his preceding remarks, which were the dictates of good sense, the suggestions of sound policy, and, especially, by the reference to the distressed situation of the persecuted German Protestants which was evincive of a compassionate consideration, truly honorable to him as a man and a Christian.
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