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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief;
- Example: "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling"
[syn: evidence, grounds]

2. an indication that makes something evident;
- Example: "his trembling was evidence of his fear"

3. (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved;


VERB (3)

1. provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes;
- Example: "His high fever attested to his illness"
- Example: "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication"
- Example: "This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness"
[syn: attest, certify, manifest, demonstrate, evidence]

2. provide evidence for;
- Example: "The blood test showed that he was the father"
- Example: "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"
[syn: testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, show]

3. give evidence;
- Example: "he was telling on all his former colleague"
[syn: tell, evidence]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Evidence \Ev"i*dence\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evidenced; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Evidencing.]
   To render evident or clear; to prove; to evince; as, to
   evidence a fact, or the guilt of an offender. --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Evidence \Ev"i*dence\, n. [F. ['e]vidence, L. Evidentia. See
   Evident.]
   1. That which makes evident or manifest; that which
      furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof;
      the ground of belief or judgement; as, the evidence of our
      senses; evidence of the truth or falsehood of a statement.
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            Faith is . . . the evidence of things not seen.
                                                  --Heb. xi. 1.
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            O glorious trial of exceeding love
            Illustrious evidence, example high.   --Milton.
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   2. One who bears witness. [R.] "Infamous and perjured
      evidences." --Sir W. Scott.
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   3. (Law) That which is legally submitted to competent
      tribunal, as a means of ascertaining the truth of any
      alleged matter of fact under investigation before it;
      means of making proof; -- the latter, strictly speaking,
      not being synonymous with evidence, but rather the effect
      of it. --Greenleaf.
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   Circumstantial evidence, Conclusive evidence, etc. See
      under Circumstantial, Conclusive, etc.

   Crown's evidence, King's evidence, or Queen's evidence,
      evidence for the crown, in English courts; equivalent to
      state's evidence in American courts. [Eng.]

   State's evidence, evidence for the government or the
      people. [U. S. ]

   To turn King's evidence To turn Queen's evidence, or To
   turn State's evidence, to confess a crime and give evidence
      against one's accomplices.

   Syn: Testimony; proof. See Testimony.
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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

225 Moby Thesaurus words for "evidence":
   Christophany, Satanophany, account, acquaintance, affect,
   affidavit, affirmation, angelophany, announcement, apparentness,
   appearance, approve, argue, argument, assertion,
   atmospheric visibility, attest, attestation, avatar, averment,
   basis, bear witness, bespeak, betoken, blue book, brandish,
   breathe, briefing, bring forth, bring forward, bring into view,
   bring out, bring to notice, bulletin, catchword, ceiling,
   ceiling unlimited, certification, clarity, clearness, clue,
   communication, communique, confirm, confirmation, connote,
   conspicuity, conspicuousness, corroboration, crystal-clearness,
   cue, cue word, dangle, data, datum, definiteness, definition,
   demonstrate, demonstration, denote, deposition, develop, directory,
   disclose, disclosure, dispatch, display, dissemination,
   distinctness, divulge, documentation, dramatize, embodiment,
   embody, enact, enlightenment, epiphany, evidentness, evince,
   evincement, exhibit, expose, expose to view, express, expression,
   facts, factual information, familiarization, flaunt, flourish,
   furnish evidence, gen, general information, give indication of,
   give sign, give token, go to show, grounds, guidebook, handout,
   hard information, high visibility, highlight, hint, hot lead,
   illuminate, illustrate, imply, incarnate, incarnation,
   incidental information, index, indicate, indication, info,
   information, instruction, intelligence, intimation, involve, key,
   key word, knowledge, lead, light, low visibility, make clear,
   make plain, manifest, manifestation, manifestness, mark,
   materialization, materialize, mean, mention, message, notice,
   notification, obviousness, openness, openness to sight, overtness,
   palpability, parade, patentness, percipi, perform, perspicuity,
   plainness, pneumatophany, point to, present, presentation,
   proclaim, produce, prominence, promotional material, proof, prove,
   publication, publicity, release, report, represent, reveal,
   revelation, roll out, scent, seeing, set forth, show, show forth,
   show signs of, sidelight, sign, signalize, significant, signify,
   speak for itself, speak volumes, spoor, spotlight, statement,
   substantiation, suggest, suggestion, summation, summing up,
   support, symptom, symptomatize, tangibility, tell, telltale,
   tend to show, testament, testify, testimonial, testimony, the dope,
   the goods, the know, the scoop, theophany, tip-off, token, trace,
   transmission, trot out, unfold, unmistakableness,
   unquestionability, validation, verification, vestige, visibility,
   visibility unlimited, visibility zero, wave, whiff, white book,
   white paper, witness, word