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adduce
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin adducere, adductum (“to lead or bring to”), from ad- + ducere (“to lead”). See duke, and compare adduct.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /??d(j)u?s/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??dju?s/, /??d?u?s/
- (US)
- Rhymes: -u?s
Verb
adduce (third-person singular simple present adduces, present participle adducing, simple past and past participle adduced)
- (transitive) To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege.
- 1840, Thomas de Quincey, "Style" (published in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, July 1840
- Enough could not be adduced to satisfy the purpose of illustration.
- For I am well aware that scarcely a single point is discussed in this volume on which facts cannot be adduced, […]
- 1840, Thomas de Quincey, "Style" (published in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, July 1840
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
References
- adduce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “adduce”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- “adduce”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Italian
Verb
adduce
- third-person singular present indicative of addurre
Anagrams
- deduca
Latin
Verb
add?ce
- second-person singular present active imperative of add?c?
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ad(j)us/
Verb
adduce (third-person singular present adduces, present participle adducin, past adduced, past participle adduced)
- to adduce
- (law) to bring forth as proof
References
- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
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evidence
English
Etymology
From Middle English evidence, from Old French [Term?], from Latin evidentia (“clearness, in Late Latin a proof”), from evidens (“clear, evident”); see evident.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??v?d?ns/, /??v?d?ns/
- (US) IPA(key): [??v???ns]
- Hyphenation: ev?i?dence
Noun
evidence (usually uncountable, plural evidences)
- Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
- 1748, David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
- In our reasonings concerning matter of fact, there are all imaginable degrees of assurance, from the highest certainty to the lowest species of moral evidence. A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence.
- 1748, David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
- (law) Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial.
- One who bears witness.
- 1820, Charles Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer, volume 1, page 53:
- He recapitulated the Sybil’s story word by word, with the air of a man who is cross-examining an evidence, and trying to make him contradict himself.
- 1820, Charles Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer, volume 1, page 53:
- A body of objectively verifiable facts that are positively indicative of, and/or exclusively concordant with, that one conclusion over any other.
Usage notes
- Adjectives often used with the term "evidence": documentary, physical, empirical, scientific, material, circumstantial, anectodal, objective, strong, weak, conclusive, hard
Derived terms
Related terms
- evident
- evidential
Translations
Verb
evidence (third-person singular simple present evidences, present participle evidencing, simple past and past participle evidenced)
- (transitive) To provide evidence for, or suggest the truth of.
Usage notes
- To be distinguished from evince.
Translations
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:evidence.
Further reading
- evidence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- evidence in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??v?d?nt?s?]
- Rhymes: -?nts?
Noun
evidence f
- records
- registry, repository
Related terms
- See vize
- eviden?ní
- evidovat
- evidentní
See also
- záznamy
- databáze
- registr
Further reading
- evidence in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- evidence in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Friulian
Noun
evidence f (plural evidencis)
- evidence
Middle French
Noun
evidence f (plural evidences)
- evidence
Descendants
- French: évidence
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