Evince

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /iˈvɪns/

Definitions

1. To display or demonstrate clearly, especially a quality, feeling, or characteristic that becomes apparent through one's behavior or expression
2. To reveal or indicate something clearly, particularly a feeling, quality, or characteristic that is exhibited through actions or expressions
3. To make evident or show something distinctly, especially by demonstrating specific traits, emotions, or qualities through observable behavior

Etymology: The verb "evince" looks like a close cousin of "convince" or "vince," but its family tree is really about conquest. Its ancestor in Latin was "ēvincere," meaning to conquer completely or prevail over someone, and by extension to prove something beyond dispute. That second sense is the one that survived into English: to win a contest of argument is to demonstrate your point. The word reached English by way of Middle French "évincer," which carried the same sense of driving out or defeating a rival. Here the story gets interesting, because "evict" descends from the same Latin source by a separate route. Both words are doublets, two forms of one original that entered the language at different times and took on different meanings. "Evict" kept the legal sense of expelling someone from property, while "evince" moved toward displaying or revealing.

Synonyms: demonstrate, show, reveal, indicate, express

Antonyms: conceal, hide, suppress, withhold, obscure