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evidencing
[ev-i-duhns] 
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evidence
[ev-i-duhns]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prove |
| Synonyms: | attest, bespeak, betoken, confirm, connote, demonstrate, denote, designate, display, evince, exhibit, expose, illustrate, indicate, manifest, mark, ostend, proclaim, reveal, show, signify, testify to, witness |
| Notes: | evidence (from Latin e- 'out' + videre 'to see') is information that helps form a conclusion; proof is factual information that verifies a conclusion |
| Antonyms: | contradict, disprove, refute |
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| Main Entry: | bear witness |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vouch for |
| Synonyms: | attest, confirm, corroborate, demonstrate, depose, evidence, evince, prove, show, testify, testify to |
| Main Entry: | cite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | note, quote |
| Synonyms: | adduce, advance, allege, allude to, appeal to, enumerate, evidence, excerpt, exemplify, extract, get down to brass tacks, give as example, illustrate with, indicate, instance, lay, mention, name, number, offer, point out, present, recite, recount, refer to, reference, rehearse, remember, reminisce, repeat, specify, spell out, tell |
| Notes: | cite means to make reference to, refer to; sight is the ability to see, the act of looking or seeing or observing, something worth seeing; site is the piece of land on which something is located or is to be located |
| Main Entry: | connote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | imply |
| Synonyms: | add up to, betoken, denote, designate, evidence, express, hint at, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, intimate, involve, mean, signify, spell, suggest |
| Antonyms: | denote |
| Main Entry: | demonstrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | display, show |
| Synonyms: | authenticate, determine, establish, evidence, evince, exhibit, expose, flaunt, indicate, make evident, make out, manifest, prove, roll out, show and tell, test, testify to, trot out, try, validate |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
| Main Entry: | denote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | designate, mean |
| Synonyms: | add up, announce, argue, bespeak, betoken, connote, evidence, express, finger, flash, hang sign on, imply, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, make, mark, peg, prove, put down for, put finger on, show, signify, spell, stand for, symbol, symbolize, tab, tag, typify |
| Main Entry: | designate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | specify as selection |
| Synonyms: | allocate, allot, appoint, apportion, appropriate, assign, authorize, button down, characterize, charge, choose, commission, connote, constitute, define, delegate, denote, depute, deputize, describe, dictate, earmark*, elect, evidence, favor, finger*, indicate, individualize, make, mark, mete, name, nominate, opt, peg, pick, pin down, pinpoint, prefer, put down for, reseve, set apart, set aside, show, single, slot, stipulate, tab, tag*, tap* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | display |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | show for public viewing, effect |
| Synonyms: | advertise, arrange, bare, betray, boast, brandish, bring to view, demonstrate, disclose, emblazon, evidence, evince, exhibit, expand, expose, extend, feature, flash, flaunt, flourish, glaze, grandstand, illustrate, impart, lay bare, lay out, make clear, make known, manifest, model, open, open out, parade, perform, present, promote, promulgate, publish, represent, reveal, set out, show off, showcase, sport, spread out, stretch out, trot out, uncover, unfold, unfurl, unmask, unroll, unveil, vamp |
| Antonyms: | conceal, cover, hide, secrete, withhold |
| Main Entry: | exemplify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | serve as an example |
| Synonyms: | body, cite, clarify, clear up, demonstrate, depict, display, elucidate, emblematize, embody, enlighten, epitomize, evidence, exhibit, illuminate, illustrate, instance, manifest, mirror, personify, quote, represent, show, spell out, symbolize, typify |
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