evident English · revision 10630

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=before 1382|origins=fro evident|origins=la evidens}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈev.ɪ.dənt/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fro|evident]] and directly from Latin ēvidēns, perceptible, clear, obvious,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from ē-, ex-, out, fully, and vidēns, present participle of vidēre, to see (see [[vision]] and [[wit]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) used in a middle sense, “making itself seen”.^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ True, faithful, authentic: before 1382, in the Wycliffe Bible;^(Barnhart 1988) of signs or traces, plain to see, 1382 in the OED.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Clear to the understanding, obvious, is from 1393, in Gower,^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) and indubitable or conclusive, of testimony, from 1529, now obsolete.^(OED 1989) ''Evidence'' is older, from the 13th century,^(Hoad 1986) and ''self-evident'' belongs to the same idea of a thing showing itself.^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1382 – authentic.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1393 – clear, obvious.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1529 – conclusive (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Easily seen or understood; [[obvious]] or [[apparent]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[evidentness]]

+ * [[nonevident]]

+ * [[superevident]]

+ * [[evidently]]

+ * [[self-evident]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[evidence]]

+ * [[evidential]]

+ * [[vision]]

+ * [[video]]

+ * [[provide]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}