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evince

/ɪˈvɪns/

C2CEFR level
75/100Rarity: rare
FormalRegister

General verb

To reveal or make evident a quality or feeling.

His steady voice evinced no trace of the fear he must have felt.

Similar: display, manifest, betray

Origin: From Latin evincere 'to conquer, prove', from vincere 'to conquer'.

Topic: revelation in General English

Law verb

To show or make evident, especially an intention.

The parties' course of dealing evinced a clear intention to be legally bound despite the absence of any signed agreement.

Similar: manifest, demonstrate, indicate

Topic: Contracts in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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