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A good explanation evinces a willingness to report facts, and we aim to do just that here. To evince something is to show it clearly; the thing evinced is typically an intangible, such as an attitude or intent. Before the current use of evince was established in the late 18th century, the word could mean "to conquer or subdue" and "to convince or conclusively refute," both meanings evincing a link to the word's Latin ancestry: the verb evincere, means "to vanquish" or "to win a point." It comes from another Latin verb, vincere, meaning "to conquer." That word counts among its offspring convince, invincible, vanquish, and victory.
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Mushrooms are all the rage, as evinced by our wildly popular guide to mushroom coffee.
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Mexico, by contrast, saw its consumer stress levels up 1.7 percent in the first quarter compared with the fourth quarter of last year, while French shoppers evinced 4 percent higher stress levels from quarter to quarter.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 17 Apr. 2025
This history evinces the president’s willingness to stoke the embers of Jew-hatred to his advantage.
—Ben Krull, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
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“Evince.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evince. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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