evident (evident)

and n. [ And on my side it is so well apparel'd, So clear, so shining, and so evident, That it will glimmer through a blind man's eye. Shak., 1 Hen. VI., ii. 4. As for lying in the Campagnia, the Rain was so vehement we could not do that, without an evident danger both to our Selves and Horses. Maundrell, Aleppo to Jerusalem, p. 9. 2. Clearly discernible or distinguishable; certain; indubitable: as, in entomology, an eri dent scutellum (that is, one well developed, or not concealed by other parts). We must find An evident calamity, though we had Our wish which side should win. Shak ., Cor., v. 3. Render to me some corporal sign about her More evident than this; for this was stolen. Shak., Cymbeline, ii. 4. =Syn. 1. Clear, Plain, etc. (see manifest, a.); palpable, patent, unmistakable. See list under apparent. II. n. Something which serves as evidence; evidence; specifically, in Scots law , a writ or title-deed by which property is proved: a term used in conveyancing.