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testifying to
| Main Entry: |
bear witness
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vouch for |
| Synonyms: | attest, confirm, corroborate, demonstrate, depose, evidence, evince, prove, show, testify, testify to |
| Main Entry: | demonstrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explain, illustrate |
| Synonyms: | confirm, debunk, describe, express, give for instance, make clear, ostend, proclaim, set forth, show how, teach, testify to, walk one through |
| Antonyms: | confuse, distort, falsify, misrepresent |
| Main Entry: | evidence |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | show |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | passively exhibit something |
| Synonyms: | appear, arrive, assert, be visible, blow in, clarify, come, demonstrate, determine, disclose, discover, display, divulge, elucidate, emerge, establish, evidence, evince, explain, get, get in, illustrate, indicate, instruct, lay out, loom, make known, make out, make the scene, manifest, mark, materialize, note, ostend, point, present, proclaim, project, prove, put in appearance, reach, register, reveal, show one's face, show up, teach, testify to, turn up, unveil |
| Notes: | in horse racing results, there is win, place, show, and also-ran |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
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| Main Entry: | evidence |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
adminicular, autoptic, based on, confirmatory, corroborative, deducible, founded on, grounded on, indicative, indicatory, showing
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| Concept: | [On one side] Evidence. |
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-nouns
evidence; facts, premises, data, praecognita, grounds., indication; criterion (test)., testimony, testification; attestation; deposition (affirmation); examination., admission (assent); authority, warrant, credential, diploma, voucher, certificate, doquet, docket; testamur; record; document; pièce justificative; deed, warranty (security); signature, seal (identification); exhibit., witness, indicator; eyewitness, earwitness; deponent; sponsor; cojuror., oral evidence, documentary evidence, hearsay evidence, external evidence, extrinsic evidence, internal evidence, intrinsic evidence, circumstantial evidence, cumulative evidence, ex parte evidence, presumptive evidence, collateral evidence, constructive evidence; proof (demonstration); evidence in chief., secondary evidence; confirmation, corroboration, support; ratification (assent); authentication; compurgation, wager of law, comprobation., citation, reference.
-verbs
be evidence; evince, show, betoken, tell of; indicate (denote); imply, involve, argue, bespeak, breathe., have weight, carry weight; tell, speak volumes; speak for itself (manifest)., rest upon, depend upon; repose on., bear witness; give evidence; testify, depose, witness, vouch for; sign, seal, undersign, set one's hand and seal, sign and seal, deliver as one's act and deed, certify, attest; acknowledge (assent)., [provide conclusive evidence] make absolute, confirm, prove (demonstrate) [more]., [add further evidence] endorse, countersign, corroborate, support, ratify, bear out, uphold, warrant., adduce, attest, cite, quote; refer to, appeal to; call, call to witness; bring forward, bring into court; allege, plead; produce witnesses, confront witnesses; collect evidence, bring together evidence, rake up evidence., have a case, make out a case; establish, authenticate, substantiate, verify, make good, quote chapter and verse; bring home to, bring to book.
-adjectives
showing; indicative, indicatory; deducible; grounded on, founded on, based on; corroborative, confirmatory.
-adverbs
by inference; according to, witness, a fortiori; still more, still less; raison de plus; in corroboration of; valeat quantum; under seal, under one's hand and seal.
-phrases
dictum de dicto; mise en evidence [Fr.].
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| Antonyms: | counter evidence |
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