"evince" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /iˈvɪns/, /ɛˈvɪns/, /ɪˈvɪns/ Audio: En-us-evince.ogg Forms: evinces [present, singular, third-person], evincing [participle, present], evinced [participle, past], evinced [past]
Rhymes: -ɪns Etymology: From Middle French évincer, from Latin ēvincō (“conquer entirely, prevail over; prove exhaustively”), from ē- (short form of ex- (intensive prefix)) + vincō (“conquer”). Doublet of evict. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*weyk-|id=contain}}, {{bor|en|frm|évincer}} Middle French évincer, {{der|en|la|ēvincō|t=conquer entirely, prevail over; prove exhaustively}} Latin ēvincō (“conquer entirely, prevail over; prove exhaustively”), {{doublet|en|evict}} Doublet of evict Head templates: {{en-verb}} evince (third-person singular simple present evinces, present participle evincing, simple past and past participle evinced)
  1. (transitive) To show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest. Tags: transitive Derived forms: evincement, evincible, evincive, unevinced Related terms: convince, evict, eviction, vanquish Translations (to show or demonstrate clearly): показвам (pokazvam) (Bulgarian), проявявам (projavjavam) (Bulgarian), 表露 (biǎolù) (Chinese Mandarin), 顯示 (Chinese Mandarin), 显示 (xiǎnshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 證明 (Chinese Mandarin), 证明 (zhèngmíng) (Chinese Mandarin), ukázat [perfective] (Czech), projevovat [imperfective] (Czech), projevit [perfective] (Czech), vykazovat [imperfective] (Czech), aantonen (Dutch), bewijzen (Dutch), vertonen (Dutch), osoittaa (Finnish), montrer (French), prouver (French), evidenciar (Galician), patentizar (Galician), bekunden (German), zeigen (German), zum Vorschein bringen (German), an den Tag legen (German), erkennen lassen (German), kimutat (Hungarian), kinyilvánít (Hungarian), tanúságot tesz (Hungarian), tanúskodik (Hungarian), tanúsít (Hungarian), evincere (Italian), dimostrare (Italian), manifestare (Italian), 明示する (meiji-suru) (Japanese), whakakite (Maori), demonstrere (Norwegian Bokmål), manifestere (Norwegian Bokmål), نشان دادن (nešân dâdan) (Persian), świadczyć [imperfective] (Polish), demonstrar (Portuguese), демонстри́ровать (demonstrírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), являть (javljatʹ) (Russian), manifestar (Spanish), revelar (Spanish), evidenciar (Spanish), проявляти (projavljaty) (Ukrainian), показувати (pokazuvaty) (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, London: J. Cadwell for J. Crooke, Physiological Considerations, p. 32",
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          "ref": "a. 1716, Robert South, “Idolatry: in what it consists”, in Selections from the writings of Robert South, D.D. With a memoir, page 257:",
          "text": "Common sense and experience will and must evince the truth of this.",
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          "ref": "1796, J[ohn] G[abriel] Stedman, chapter III, in Narrative of a Five Years’ Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the Wild Coast of South America; […], volume I, London: J[oseph] Johnson, […], and J. Edwards, […], →OCLC, page 60:",
          "text": "To evince the abſurdity of that prejudice which conſiders human creatures as brutes, merely becauſe they differ from ourſelves in colour, I muſt beg leave to mention a few of the principal ceremonies that attended the ratification of this peace.",
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          "ref": "1815, Mungo Park, chapter VI, in Travels in the Interior of Africa, Cassell, published 1893:",
          "text": "‘That unless all the people of Kasson would embrace the Mohammedan religion, and evince their conversion by saying eleven public prayers, he, the king of Foota-Torra, could not possibly stand neuter in the present contest, but would certainly join his arms to those of Kajaaga.’",
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          "ref": "1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 50:",
          "text": "Could a man so situated fail to evince the joy he felt in the circumstance expected; thereby, delighting and sustaining his suffering young wife, if he were not wrapt and absorbed in the contemplation of an object still more interesting—an object still living, still capable, however high or virtuous, of working woe to Isabella?",
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          "ref": "1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 12: Cyclops]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 296:",
          "text": "Quite an excellent repast consisting of rashers and eggs, fried steak and onions, done to a nicety, delicious hot breakfast rolls and invigorating tea had been considerately provided by the authorities for the consumption of the central figure of the tragedy who was in capital spirits when prepared for death and evinced the keenest interest in the proceedings from beginning to end [...]",
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          "ref": "1925, DuBose Heyward, Porgy, London: Jonathan Cape, published 1928, pages 89–90:",
          "text": "As the game proceeded it became evident that Porgy's luck was with him; he was the most consistent winner, and Sportin' Life was bearing most of the burden. But the mulatto was too good a gambler to evince any discomfiture.",
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          "ref": "1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings, New York: Vintage, published 1999, page 169:",
          "text": "When Mrs C. described this to me the next day she shuddered all over, but also evinced, in her manner and choice of words, an unmistakable relish.",
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          "ref": "1992, Adam Thorpe, Ulverton, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, published 1994, page 239:",
          "text": "Bare reportage cannot convey the deep hatred sometimes evinced between men through the simplest address.",
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        {
          "ref": "2010, Clay H. Kaminsky, “The Rome II Regulation: A Comparative Perspective on Federalizing Choice of Law”, in Tulane Law Review, volume 85, number 1, page 73:",
          "text": "But despite the overt similarity of the rules, Rome II does not evince a broad, transatlantic consensus on conflict of laws. The new European rules differ from outwardly similar American formulations in animating principle.",
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        "To show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest."
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        "(transitive) To show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest."
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          "word": "convince"
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          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
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          "roman": "biǎolù",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "表露"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "顯示"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xiǎnshì",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "显示"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "證明"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "zhèngmíng",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
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          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
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          "word": "ukázat"
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          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "projevovat"
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        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "projevit"
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        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "aantonen"
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        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "bewijzen"
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        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "vertonen"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "osoittaa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "montrer"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "prouver"
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        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "evidenciar"
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        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "patentizar"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "bekunden"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "zeigen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "zum Vorschein bringen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "an den Tag legen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "erkennen lassen"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "kimutat"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "kinyilvánít"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "tanúságot tesz"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "tanúskodik"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "tanúsít"
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          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "evincere"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "dimostrare"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "manifestare"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "meiji-suru",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "明示する"
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        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "whakakite"
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "demonstrere"
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "manifestere"
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        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "nešân dâdan",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "نشان دادن"
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          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
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          "word": "świadczyć"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "demonstrar"
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          "roman": "demonstrírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
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          "word": "демонстри́ровать"
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          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "являть"
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          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "manifestar"
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        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "revelar"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "evidenciar"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "projavljaty",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
          "word": "проявляти"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pokazuvaty",
          "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "convince"
    },
    {
      "word": "evict"
    },
    {
      "word": "eviction"
    },
    {
      "word": "vanquish"
    }
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        {
          "ref": "1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, London: J. Cadwell for J. Crooke, Physiological Considerations, p. 32",
          "text": "For You will find in the Progress of our Dispute, that I had some reason to question the very way of Probation imploy'd both by Peripateticks and Chymists, to evince the being and number of the Elements."
        },
        {
          "ref": "a. 1716, Robert South, “Idolatry: in what it consists”, in Selections from the writings of Robert South, D.D. With a memoir, page 257:",
          "text": "Common sense and experience will and must evince the truth of this.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1796, J[ohn] G[abriel] Stedman, chapter III, in Narrative of a Five Years’ Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the Wild Coast of South America; […], volume I, London: J[oseph] Johnson, […], and J. Edwards, […], →OCLC, page 60:",
          "text": "To evince the abſurdity of that prejudice which conſiders human creatures as brutes, merely becauſe they differ from ourſelves in colour, I muſt beg leave to mention a few of the principal ceremonies that attended the ratification of this peace.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1815, Mungo Park, chapter VI, in Travels in the Interior of Africa, Cassell, published 1893:",
          "text": "‘That unless all the people of Kasson would embrace the Mohammedan religion, and evince their conversion by saying eleven public prayers, he, the king of Foota-Torra, could not possibly stand neuter in the present contest, but would certainly join his arms to those of Kajaaga.’",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 50:",
          "text": "Could a man so situated fail to evince the joy he felt in the circumstance expected; thereby, delighting and sustaining his suffering young wife, if he were not wrapt and absorbed in the contemplation of an object still more interesting—an object still living, still capable, however high or virtuous, of working woe to Isabella?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 12: Cyclops]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 296:",
          "text": "Quite an excellent repast consisting of rashers and eggs, fried steak and onions, done to a nicety, delicious hot breakfast rolls and invigorating tea had been considerately provided by the authorities for the consumption of the central figure of the tragedy who was in capital spirits when prepared for death and evinced the keenest interest in the proceedings from beginning to end [...]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1925, DuBose Heyward, Porgy, London: Jonathan Cape, published 1928, pages 89–90:",
          "text": "As the game proceeded it became evident that Porgy's luck was with him; he was the most consistent winner, and Sportin' Life was bearing most of the burden. But the mulatto was too good a gambler to evince any discomfiture.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings, New York: Vintage, published 1999, page 169:",
          "text": "When Mrs C. described this to me the next day she shuddered all over, but also evinced, in her manner and choice of words, an unmistakable relish.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1992, Adam Thorpe, Ulverton, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, published 1994, page 239:",
          "text": "Bare reportage cannot convey the deep hatred sometimes evinced between men through the simplest address.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Clay H. Kaminsky, “The Rome II Regulation: A Comparative Perspective on Federalizing Choice of Law”, in Tulane Law Review, volume 85, number 1, page 73:",
          "text": "But despite the overt similarity of the rules, Rome II does not evince a broad, transatlantic consensus on conflict of laws. The new European rules differ from outwardly similar American formulations in animating principle.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest."
      ],
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        [
          "show",
          "show"
        ],
        [
          "demonstrate",
          "demonstrate"
        ],
        [
          "manifest",
          "manifest"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/iˈvɪns/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛˈvɪns/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ɪˈvɪns/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɪns"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pokazvam",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "показвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "projavjavam",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "проявявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "biǎolù",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "表露"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "顯示"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiǎnshì",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "显示"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "證明"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhèngmíng",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "证明"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ukázat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "projevovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "projevit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "vykazovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "aantonen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "bewijzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "vertonen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "osoittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "montrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "prouver"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "evidenciar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "patentizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "bekunden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "zeigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "zum Vorschein bringen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "an den Tag legen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "erkennen lassen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "kimutat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "kinyilvánít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "tanúságot tesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "tanúskodik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "tanúsít"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "evincere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "dimostrare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "manifestare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "meiji-suru",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "明示する"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "whakakite"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "demonstrere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "manifestere"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "nešân dâdan",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "نشان دادن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "świadczyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "demonstrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "demonstrírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "демонстри́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "javljatʹ",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "являть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "manifestar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "revelar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "evidenciar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "projavljaty",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "проявляти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pokazuvaty",
      "sense": "to show or demonstrate clearly",
      "word": "показувати"
    }
  ],
  "word": "evince"
}

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