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Definition of Evident
1. Adjective. Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment. "In plain view"
Similar to: Obvious
Derivative terms: Apparency, Apparentness, Appear, Appear, Evidence, Patency, Plainness
2. Adjective. Capable of being seen or noticed. "An observable change in behavior"
Similar to: Noticeable
Derivative terms: Discern, Evidence, Observe, Observe, Observe
Definition of Evident
1. a. Clear to the vision; especially, clear to the understanding, and satisfactory to the judgment; as, the figure or color of a body is evident to the senses; the guilt of an offender can not always be made evident.
Definition of Evident
1. Adjective. Obviously true by simple observation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Evident
1. clear to the vision or understanding [adj]
Medical Definition of Evident
1. Clear to the vision; especially, clear to the understanding, and satisfactory to the judgment; as, the figure or colour of a body is evident to the senses; the guilt of an offender can not always be made evident. "Your honor and your goodness is so evident." (Shak) "And in our faces evident the sings Of foul concupiscence." (Milton) Synonym: Manifest, plain, clear, obvious, visible, apparent, conclusive, indubitable, palpable, notorious. See Manifest. Origin: F. Evinent, l. Evidens, -entis; e out + videns, p. Pr. Of videre to see. See Vision. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Evident
Literary usage of Evident
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (1813)
"They are *°If-evident. THERE are a sort of propositions, which under the name of
maxims and axioms have passed for principles of science ; and because they ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"Such changes as these suggested are radical, but changes have been going on in
the administration of the association for the past decade, and it is evident ..."
3. Institutes of the Christian Religion by Jean Calvin (1844)
"Hence it is evident, beyond all controversy, that baptism has succeeded in the
... For it is most evident that the covenant which the Lord once made with ..."
4. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1839)
"I hence conceived the idea of the book which is now before tbe reader; It is
evident to all alike that a great democratic revolution is going on amongst us; ..."
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