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Grammar : Verb
Spell : ih-vins
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈvɪns



Definition of evince

Origin :
  • c.1600, "disprove, confute," from French évincer "disprove, confute," from Latin evincere "conquer, elicit by argument, prove," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + vincere "overcome" (see victor).
  • Meaning "show clearly" is late 18c. Not clearly distinguished from evict until 18c. Related: Evinced; evinces; evincing.
  • verb manifest
Example sentences :
  • Do they evince any proper estimate of the character of women?
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • I shall be happy, on every occasion, to evince my regard for the Fraternity.
  • Extract from : « Washington's Masonic Correspondence » by Julius F. Sachse
  • Then, suddenly, he began to evince a great friendship for the Poissons.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • Jerks at the reins only caused him to stamp and evince an inclination to turn around.
  • Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Then why don't you join them, and evince your interest in some practical way?
  • Extract from : « Young Captain Jack » by Horatio Alger and Arthur M. Winfield
  • But why, he says to himself, does Mr. Snivel evince this anxiety to befriend me?
  • Extract from : « An Outcast » by F. Colburn Adams
  • For the first time he seemed to evince interest in what she was saying.
  • Extract from : « The Mask » by Arthur Hornblow
  • "But he did not evince the slightest interest," she declares to Marcia.
  • Extract from : « Floyd Grandon's Honor » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
  • I should be sincerely glad to evince my respect for his memory.
  • Extract from : « The Story of My Life » by Egerton Ryerson
  • His wife, once merely indifferent, was beginning to evince malice.
  • Extract from : « Athalie » by Robert W. Chambers

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