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evident

Pronunciation: /ˈɛv.ɪ.dənt/

The English word “evident” has 1 meaning listed here.

adjective

  1. Obviously true by simple observation.

Etymology

From Middle English evident, from Old French evident, from Latin ēvidēns (“visible, apparent, clear, plain”) (compare Late Latin ēvideor (“to appear plainly”)), from ē (“out”) + videō (“see”), present participle vidēns, deponent videor (“to appear, seem”). Displaced native Old English sweotol.

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