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Present
Hence: To endow; to bestow a gift upon; to favor, as with a donation; also, to court by gifts.
Evidential
Relating to, or affording, evidence; indicative; especially, relating to the evidences of Christianity.
Irrefragable
Not refragable; not to be gainsaid or denied; not to be refuted or overthrown; unanswerable; incontestable; undeniable; as, an irrefragable argument; irrefragable evidence.
Word
To use words, as in discussion; to argue; to dispute.
Open
Free or cleared of obstruction to progress or to view; accessible; as, an open tract; the open sea.
Mark
To put a mark upon; to affix a significant mark to; to make recognizable by a mark; as, to mark a box or bale of merchandise; to mark clothing.
Verify
To confirm or establish the authenticity of by examination or competent evidence; to authenciate; as, to verify a written statement; to verify an account, a pleading, or the like.
Title
The instrument which is evidence of a right.
Record
An official contemporaneous memorandum stating the proceedings of a court of justice; a judicial record.
Avatar
The descent of a deity to earth, and his incarnation as a man or an animal; -- chiefly associated with the incarnations of Vishnu.
Visual
Of or pertaining to sight; used in sight; serving as the instrument of seeing; as, the visual nerve.
Evince
To conquer; to subdue.
Goods
See Good, n., 3.
Confirmation
The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment.
Observable
Worthy or capable of being observed; discernible; noticeable; remarkable.
Detectable
Alt. of Detectible
Spoor
The track or trail of any wild animal; as, the spoor of an elephant; -- used originally by travelers in South Africa.
Scent
To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does.
Incarnate
Not in the flesh; spiritual.
Presumptive
Based on presumption or probability; grounded on probable evidence; probable; as, presumptive proof.
Evidentiary
Furnishing evidence; asserting; proving; evidential.
Asseverate
To affirm or aver positively, or with solemnity.
Credulity
Readiness of belief; a disposition to believe on slight evidence.
Vouch
To call; to summon.
Avouch
To appeal to; to cite or claim as authority.
Admissibility
The quality of being admissible; admissibleness; as, the admissibility of evidence.
Revelation
The act of revealing, disclosing, or discovering to others what was before unknown to them.
Perspicuity
The quality or state of being transparent or translucent.
Whiff
A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or slight gust, as of air or smoke.
Signalize
To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish.
Vestige
The mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or footstep; a trace; a sign; hence, a faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present; re..
Wave
See Waive.
Illustrate
To make clear, bright, or luminous.
Signify
To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional token, as words, gestures, signals, or the like; to announce; to make known; to declare; to express; as, a signified his desire to be pre..
Characterize
To make distinct and recognizable by peculiar marks or traits; to make with distinctive features.
Investigation
The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher a..
Tell
To give an account; to make report.
Demonstrator
One who demonstrates; one who proves anything with certainty, or establishes it by indubitable evidence.
Substantiation
The act of substantiating or proving; evidence; proof.
Ratification
The act of ratifying; the state of being ratified; confirmation; sanction; as, the ratification of a treaty.
Denote
To be the sign of; to betoken; to signify; to mean.
Probative
Serving for trial or proof; probationary; as, probative judgments; probative evidence.
Credulous
Apt to believe on slight evidence; easily imposed upon; unsuspecting.
Incontestable
Not contestable; not to be disputed; that cannot be called in question or controverted; incontrovertible; indisputable; as, incontestable evidence, truth, or facts.
Hearing
of Hear
Testimony
A solemn declaration or affirmation made for the purpose of establishing or proving some fact.
Inquiry
The act of inquiring; a seeking for information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.
Onus
A burden; an obligation.
Exposed
of Expose
Affidavit
A sworn statement in writing; a declaration in writing, signed and made upon oath before an authorized magistrate.
Allegation
The act of alleging or positively asserting.
Sifting
of Sift
Catchword
Among theatrical performers, the last word of the preceding speaker, which reminds one that he is to speak next; cue.
Cogency
The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction; conclusiveness; force.
Certification
The act of certifying.
Avow
To declare openly, as something believed to be right; to own or acknowledge frankly; as, a man avows his principles or his crimes.
Deposition
The act of depositing or deposing; the act of laying down or thrown down; precipitation.
Detection
The act of detecting; the laying open what was concealed or hidden; discovery; as, the detection of a thief; the detection of fraud, forgery, or a plot.
Deponent
One who deposes or testifies under oath; one who gives evidence; usually, one who testifies in writing.
Allege
To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact.
Witness
Attestation of a fact or an event; testimony.
Charter
A written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or conveyance.
Visibility
The quality or state of being visible.
Betray
To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed the city.
Testimonial
A writing or certificate which bears testimony in favor of one's character, good conduct, ability, etc., or of the value of a thing.
Acknowledge
To of or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God.
Debenture
A writing acknowledging a debt; a writing or certificate signed by a public officer, as evidence of a debt due to some person; the sum thus due.
Believe
To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence furnished by reasons, arguments, and deductions of the mind, or by ..
Connote
To mark along with; to suggest or indicate as additional; to designate by implication; to include in the meaning; to imply.
Postulate
Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to which assent may be demanded or challenged, ..
Premise
A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
Conjecture
An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion.
Bespeak
To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a favor.
Intimation
The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.
Affirm
to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.
Swear
To affirm or utter a solemn declaration, with an appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed; to make a promise, threat, or resolve on oath; also, to affirm solemnly by some sacred object, o..
Presumable
Such as may be presumed or supposed to be true; that seems entitled to belief without direct evidence.
Disproof
A proving to be false or erroneous; confutation; refutation; as, to offer evidence in disproof of a statement.
Enact
To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative act with reference to (a bill) which gives it the validity of law.
Enlightenment
Act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.
Parade
To make an exhibition or spectacle of one's self, as by walking in a public place.
Monument
Something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance what is past; a memorial.
Epiphany
An appearance, or a becoming manifest.
Cue
The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.
Likelihood
Appearance; show; sign; expression.
Documentary
Pertaining to written evidence; contained or certified in writing.
Clarity
Clearness; brightness; splendor.
Publicity
The quality or state of being public, or open to the knowledge of a community; notoriety; publicness.
Blue book
A parliamentary publication, so called from its blue paper covers.
Fortification
The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places in order to defend them against an enemy.
Acquaintance
A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy; as, I know..
Disclosure
The act of disclosing, uncovering, or revealing; bringing to light; exposure.
Plainness
The quality or state of being plain.
Liability
The state of being liable; as, the liability of an insurer; liability to accidents; liability to the law.
Communication
The act or fact of communicating; as, communication of smallpox; communication of a secret.
Theophany
A manifestation of God to man by actual appearance, usually as an incarnation.
Transmission
The act of transmitting, or the state of being transmitted; as, the transmission of letters, writings, papers, news, and the like, from one country to another; the transmission of rights, tit..
Display
To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.
Unfounded
Not founded; not built or established.
Announcement
The act of announcing, or giving notice; that which announces; proclamation; publication.
Declaration
The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; exposition; as, the declaration of an opinion; a de..
Expectation
The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
Identify
To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose or effect; to consider as the same in any relation.
Materialize
To invest with material characteristics; to make perceptible to the senses; hence, to present to the mind through the medium of material objects.
Prominence
Alt. of Prominency
Entail
That which is entailed.
Openness
The quality or state of being open.
Appearance
The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.
Argument
Proof; evidence.
Guidebook
A book of directions and information for travelers, tourists, etc.
Datum
Something given or admitted; a fact or principle granted; that upon which an inference or an argument is based; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Odds
Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of one of two things or numbers over the other; inequality; advantage; superiority; hence, excess of chances; probability.
Visible
Perceivable by the eye; capable of being seen; perceptible; in view; as, a visible star; the least spot is visible on white paper.
Denote
To mark out plainly; to signify by a visible sign; to serve as the sign or name of; to indicate; to point out; as, the hands of the clock denote the hour.
Involve
To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.
Key
An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lock and operated by turning in its place.
Undeniable
Not deniable; incapable of denial; palpably true; indisputable; obvious; as, undeniable evidence.
Apologetics
That branch of theology which defends the Holy Scriptures, and sets forth the evidence of their divine authority.
Admission
The act or practice of admitting.
Know
Knee.
Differentiate
To distinguish or mark by a specific difference; to effect a difference in, as regards classification; to develop differential characteristics in; to specialize; to desynonymize.
Attestation
The act of attesting; testimony; witness; a solemn or official declaration, verbal or written, in support of a fact; evidence. The truth appears from the attestation of witnesses, or of the p..
Aver
A work horse, or working ox.
Attest
To bear witness to; to certify; to affirm to be true or genuine; as, to attest the truth of a writing, a copy of record.
Proclaim
To make known by public announcement; to give wide publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to declare; as, to proclaim war or peace.
Avowal
An open declaration; frank acknowledgment; as, an avowal of such principles.
Assertion
The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.
Encounter
To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppos..
Indecisive
Not decisive; not bringing to a final or ultimate issue; as, an indecisive battle, argument, answer.
Ignoramus
We are ignorant; we ignore; -- being the word formerly written on a bill of indictment by a grand jury when there was not sufficient evidence to warrant them in finding it a true bill. The ph..
Aptitude
A natural or acquired disposition or capacity for a particular purpose, or tendency to a particular action or effect; as, oil has an aptitude to burn.
Litigate
To make the subject of a lawsuit; to contest in law; to prosecute or defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence, and judicial debate in a court; as, to litigate a cause.
Tell
To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.
Profession
The act of professing or claiming; open declaration; public avowal or acknowledgment; as, professions of friendship; a profession of faith.
Naked
Having no clothes on; uncovered; nude; bare; as, a naked body; a naked limb; a naked sword.
Attestive
Attesting; furnishing evidence.
Ceiling
of Ceil
Strengthening
of Strengthen
Showing
of Show
Reinforcement
See Reenforcement.
Outlook
To face down; to outstare.
Hint
To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion.
Betoken
To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens.
Materialization
The act of materializing, or the state of being materialized.
Demonstrate
To point out; to show; to exhibit; to make evident.
Hearsay
Report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another.
Present
Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.
Chance
A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified.
Instruction
The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information.
Open
Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to passageways; as, an open door,..
Flaunt
To throw or spread out; to flutter; to move ostentatiously; as, a flaunting show.
Suggest
To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.
Dispatch
To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
Reflect
To bend back; to give a backwa/d turn to; to throw back; especially, to cause to return after striking upon any surface; as, a mirror reflects rays of light; polished metals reflect heat.
Brandish
To move or wave, as a weapon; to raise and move in various directions; to shake or flourish.
Express
Exactly representing; exact.
Revealed
of Reveal
Prospect
That which is embraced by eye in vision; the region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.
Incarnation
The act of clothing with flesh, or the state of being so clothed; the act of taking, or being manifested in, a human body and nature.
Refute
To disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence, or countervailing proof; to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; as, to refute arguments; to refute testimony; to refute opinions or th..
Imply
To infold or involve; to wrap up.
Clue
A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself.
Suspicion
The act of suspecting; the imagination or apprehension of the existence of something (esp. something wrong or hurtful) without proof, or upon very slight evidence, or upon no evidence.
Depose
To lay down; to divest one's self of; to lay aside.
Apparent
Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.
Demonstration
The act of demonstrating; an exhibition; proof; especially, proof beyond the possibility of doubt; indubitable evidence, to the senses or reason.
Suppression
The act of suppressing, or the state of being suppressed; repression; as, the suppression of a riot, insurrection, or tumult; the suppression of truth, of reports, of evidence, and the like.
Statement
The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.
Evident
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 alw..
Assure
To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence.
Disclosed
of Disclose
Scoop
A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.
Surmise
A thought, imagination, or conjecture, which is based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, the surmisses of jealousy or of envy.
Backing
of Back
Significant
Fitted or designed to signify or make known somethingl having a meaning; standing as a sign or token; expressive or suggestive; as, a significant word or sound; a significant look.
Dangle
To hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion.
Argue
To invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to reason.
Trace
One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.
Noticeable
Capable of being observed; worthy of notice; likely to attract observation; conspicous.
Breathe
To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live.
Reflection
The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected.
Disclose
To unclose; to open; -- applied esp. to eggs in the sense of to hatch.
Release
To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
Probe
To examine, as a wound, an ulcer, or some cavity of the body, with a probe.
Sign
That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof.
Light
That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.
Perform
To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do.
Manifest
Evident to the senses, esp. to the sight; apparent; distinctly perceived; hence, obvious to the understanding; apparent to the mind; easily apprehensible; plain; not obscure or hidden.
Authority
Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisdiction; authorization; as, the authority of a prince over..
Expression
The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expression of truth.
Divulge
To make public; to several or communicate to the public; to tell (a secret) so that it may become generally known; to disclose; -- said of that which had been confided as a secret, or had bee..
Indicate
To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
Show
To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the person or thing seeing or beholding; as, ..
Reveal
To make known (that which has been concealed or kept secret); to unveil; to disclose; to show.
Note
To butt; to push with the horns.
Document
That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.
Certify
To give cetain information to; to assure; to make certain.
Definition
The act of defining; determination of the limits; as, a telescope accurate in definition.
Support
To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar supports a structure; an abutment supports ..
Develop
To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or give forth; as, to develop theories; a motor ..
Affirmation
Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law.
Data
See Datum.
Knowledge
The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition.
Flourish
To grow luxuriantly; to increase and enlarge, as a healthy growing plant; a thrive.
Parade
The ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled.
Mention
A speaking or notice of anything, -- usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of.
Determination
The act of determining, or the state of being determined.
Bulletin
A brief statement of facts respecting some passing event, as military operations or the health of some distinguished personage, issued by authority for the information of the public.
Fact
A doing, making, or preparing.
Proof
Any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
Indication
Act of pointing out or indicating.
Approve
To show to be real or true; to prove.
Report
To refer.
Manifestation
The act of manifesting or disclosing, or the state of being manifested; discovery to the eye or to the understanding; also, that which manifests; exhibition; display; revelation; as, the mani..
Embody
To form into a body; to invest with a body; to collect into a body, a united mass, or a whole; to incorporate; as, to embody one's ideas in a treatise.
Publication
The act of publishing or making known; notification to the people at large, either by words, writing, or printing; proclamation; divulgation; promulgation; as, the publication of the law at M..
Token
Something intended or supposed to represent or indicate another thing or an event; a sign; a symbol; as, the rainbow is a token of God's covenant established with Noah.
Mark
A license of reprisals. See Marque.
Unfold
To open the folds of; to expand; to spread out; as, to unfold a tablecloth.
Directory
Containing directions; enjoining; instructing; directorial.
Account
A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.
Dramatize
To compose in the form of the drama; to represent in a drama; to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to dramatize a novel, or an historical episode.
Evidence
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 t..
Admit
To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; to admit a serious thought into the mind; to ..
Notification
The act of notifying, or giving notice; the act of making known; especially, the act of giving official notice or information to the public or to individuals, corporations, companies, or soci..
Lead
One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity, and is used for tub..
Telltale
Telling tales; babbling.
Illuminate
To make light; to throw light on; to supply with light, literally or figuratively; to brighten.
Warrant
That which warrants or authorizes; a commission giving authority, or justifying the doing of anything; an act, instrument, or obligation, by which one person authorizes another to do something ..
Affect
To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.
Symptom
Any affection which accompanies disease; a perceptible change in the body or its functions, which indicates disease, or the kind or phases of disease; as, the causes of disease often lie beyond ..
Mean
To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ?
Suggestion
The act of suggesting; presentation of an idea.
Record
To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.
Intelligence
The act or state of knowing; the exercise of the understanding.
Word
The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice, and by custom expressing an idea or ideas; ..
Presumption
The act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; the act of assuming or taking for granted; belief upon incomplete proof.
Exhibit
To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice to what is interesting; to display; as, to exhibit commodities in a warehous..
Embodiment
The act of embodying; the state of being embodied.
Total
Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total loss.
Unequivocal
Not equivocal; not doubtful; not ambiguous; evident; sincere; plain; as, unequivocal evidence; unequivocal words.
Index
That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.
Notice
The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note.
Opinion
That which is opined; a notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than impression, less strong than positive knowledge; settled judgment in regard to any point of kno..
Produce
To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or evidence in court.
Tendency
Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or result; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about an effect or result.
Strain
Race; stock; generation; descent; family.
Seal
Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidae and Otariidae.
Presentation
The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; a setting forth; an offering; bestowal.
Reception
The act of receiving; receipt; admission; as, the reception of food into the stomach; the reception of a letter; the reception of sensation or ideas; reception of evidence.
Message
Any notice, word, or communication, written or verbal, sent from one person to another.
Settlement
The act of setting, or the state of being settled.
Ground
of Grind
