evident Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective satellite clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
patent; plain; apparent; unmistakable; manifest.
- the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields
- evident hostility
- manifest disapproval
- patent advantages
- made his meaning plain
- it is plain that he is no reactionary
- in plain view
adjective satellite capable of being seen or noticed
observable; discernible.
- a discernible change in attitude
- a clearly evident erasure in the manuscript
- an observable change in behavior

F. évinent, l. evidens, -entis; e out + videns, p. pr. of videre to see. See Vision.

Clear to the vision; especially, clear to the understanding, and satisfactory to the judgment; as, the figure or color of a body is evident to the senses; the guilt of an offender can not always be made evident.
Your honor and your goodness is so evident. Shak.

And in our faces evident the sings Of foul concupiscence. Milton.
Syn. -- Manifest; plain; clear; obvious; visible; apparent; conclusive; indubitable; palpable; notorious. See Manifest.