Evidence
Evidence , noun
[French évidence, Latin Evidentia. See Evident.]
1.
That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the evidence of our senses; evidence of the truth or falsehood of a statement.
Faith is... the evidence of things not seen.
O glorious trial of exceeding love
Illustrious evidence, example high.
2.
One who bears witness. [Rare]
Infamous and perjured evidences.
3.
(Law) That which is legally submitted to competent tribunal, as a means of ascertaining the truth of any alleged matter of fact under investigation before it; means of making proof; -- the latter, strictly speaking, not being synonymous with evidence, but rather the effect of it. — Greenleaf
Collocations (4)
Circumstantial evidence or Conclusive evidence , See under Circumstantial, Conclusive, etc.
Crown's evidence or King's evidence or Queen's evidence , evidence for the crown, in English courts; equivalent to state's evidence in American courts. [English]
State's evidence , evidence for the government or the people. [United States]
To turn King's evidence or To turn Queen's evidence or To turn State's evidence , to confess a crime and give evidence against one's accomplices.
Evidence , transitive verb
To render evident or clear; to prove; to evince; as, to evidence a fact, or the guilt of an offender. — Milton