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Definition

to show in a clear manner

She displays little knowledge of the political realities, nor does she evince any awareness of underlying economic forces.

evince = show

Heathcliff, why don't you evince satisfaction at my pleasant news?
Bronte, Emily -- Wuthering Heights
It was noted at the time and remarked upon afterwards, that in this final scene the good man evinced little or nothing of the perfunctory.
Herman Melville -- Billy Budd

evinced = showed

I continued my caresses, and, when I prepared to go home, the animal evinced a disposition to accompany me.
Edgar Allan Poe -- The Black Cat

evinced = showed

But when a long train of abuses and ... evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism,
Thomas Jefferson et al. -- The Declaration of Independence

evinces = shows

But it is in matters beyond the limits of mere rule that the skill of the analyst is evinced.
Edgar Allan Poe -- The Murders in the Rue Morgue

evinced = shown

These men pressed close to the wall to let Pierre and Anna Mikhaylovna pass and did not evince the least surprise at seeing them there.
Tolstoy, Leo -- War and Peace
On such occasions he was apt to evince a supreme contempt for his opponents.
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor -- The Idiot
I know well it is for the purpose of ruining me; but to refuse to go would be to evince uneasiness.
Dumas, Alexandre -- The Man in the Iron Mask
What is there I would not do to evince my earnest gratitude
Dumas, Alexandre -- The Count of Monte Cristo
"I am afraid," replied Elinor, "that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety."
Austen, Jane -- Sense and Sensibility
Athos thought that by speaking he should evince satisfaction, and that might wound D'Artagnan.
Dumas, Alexandre -- Ten Years Later
My Day-book and Ledger will evince this in a minute.
Poe, Edgar Allan -- The Business Man
This tribe, like the Nez Perces, evince strong and peculiar feelings of natural piety.
Irving, Washington -- The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West
Meantime, our young companion, who sat too removed from us to hear what was said, began to evince symptoms of uneasiness...
Emily Bronte -- Wuthering Heights
The only response the other two magicians evinced at the death of their companion was to increase the speed of their invocation.
Christopher Paolini -- Brisingr
I was delighted with all she showed me, for indeed her hut and its fittings evinced no ordinary skill and ingenuity.
Johann Wyss -- The Swiss Family Robinson
She was sensible of all the affection it evinced.
Jane Austen -- Emma
Yossarian marveled that children could suffer such barbaric sacrifice without evincing the slightest hint of fear or pain.
Joseph Heller -- Catch-22
The Forsaken's hand dangled limply, but it kept coming on toward them, evincing no sign of pain.
Cassandra Clare -- City of Bones

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