evince

Etymology

From French évincer, from Latin ēvincō (“conquer entirely, prevail over; prove exhaustively”), from ē- (short form of ex- (intensive prefix)) + vincō (“conquer”). Doublet of evict.

verb

1. (transitive) To show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest.
   For You will find in the Progress of our Dispute, that I had some reason to question the very way of Probation imploy'd both by Peripateticks and Chymists, to evince the being and number of the Elements. 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, London: J. Cadwell for J. Crooke, Physiological Considerations, p. 32
   Common sense and experience will and must evince the truth of this. a. 1716, Robert South, “Idolatry: in what it consists”, in Selections from the writings of Robert South, D.D. With a memoir, page 257
   ‘That unless all the people of Kasson would embrace the Mohammedan religion, and evince their conversion by saying eleven public prayers, he, the king of Foota-Torra, could not possibly stand neuter in the present contest, but would certainly join his arms to those of Kajaaga.’ 1815, Mungo Park, chapter VI, in Travels in the Interior of Africa, Cassell, published 1893
   As the game proceeded it became evident that Porgy's luck was with him; he was the most consistent winner, and Sportin' Life was bearing most of the burden. But the mulatto was too good a gambler to evince any discomfiture. 1925, DuBose Heyward, Porgy, London: Jonathan Cape, published 1928, pages 89–90
   When Mrs C. described this to me the next day she shuddered all over, but also evinced, in her manner and choice of words, an unmistakable relish. 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings, New York: Vintage, published 1999, page 169
   Bare reportage cannot convey the deep hatred sometimes evinced between men through the simplest address. 1992, Adam Thorpe, Ulverton, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, published 1994, page 239
   But despite the overt similarity of the rules, Rome II does not evince a broad, transatlantic consensus on conflict of laws. The new European rules differ from outwardly similar American formulations in animating principle. 2010, Clay H. Kaminsky, “The Rome II Regulation: A Comparative Perspective on Federalizing Choice of Law”, in Tulane Law Review, volume 85, number 1, page 73