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

“The implications of such a meeting, if it occurred, are clear and evince a tacit resistance to, if not active sabotage of, a Paramount offer,” Paramount wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 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

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

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

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

From Slate ● Feb. 20, 2026

“But these two instances alone are insufficient to establish a pattern of conduct going on ‘for so long or so frequently’ that it evinces a ‘persistent, widespread practice.’

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2024

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

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

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

While the momentum is there, evinced by an increase in state and federal investment, it’s not enough, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2024

Newspaper editors evinced a voracious appetite for news of the latest breakthroughs.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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

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

“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

The cat watched the proceedings with the greatest interest until the kitten was released; but, on ascertaining that it was safe, he at once left the room, without evincing any pleasure at its return.

From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by C. M. Williams