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English Dictionary: evident by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
evident
adj
  1. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"
    Synonym(s): apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable
  2. capable of being seen or noticed; "a discernible change in attitude"; "a clearly evident erasure in the manuscript"; "an observable change in behavior"
    Synonym(s): discernible, evident, observable
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Evident \Ev"i*dent\, a. [F. [82]vinent, l. evidens, -entis; e
      out + videns, p. pr. of videre to see. See {Vision}.]
      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.
  
               Your honor and your goodness is so evident. --Shak.
  
               And in our faces evident the sings Of foul
               concupiscence.                                       --Milton.
  
      Syn: Manifest; plain; clear; obvious; visible; apparent;
               conclusive; indubitable; palpable; notorious. See
               {Manifest}.
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