Today's Word "evince"
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evince \ih-VIN(T)S\ (transitive verb) - To show in a clear manner; to manifest; to make evident; to bring to light.
"He did not evince any special aptitude for any particular branch of learning, and was distinguished only for diligence and neatness..." -- Nikolaĭ Vasilevich Gogol, 'Dead Souls'
Evince is from Latin evincere, "to conquer entirely, to prevail over, to prove irresistibly," from e- (here used intensively) + vincere, "to conquer."
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