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noun(ev-i-dence)an outward sign : indication
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noun(ev-i-dence)something that furnishes proof : testimony; specifically : something legally submitted to a tribunal to ascertain the truth of a matter
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noun(ev-i-dence)one who bears witness; especially : one who voluntarily confesses a crime and testifies for the prosecution against one's accomplices
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verb(ev-i-dence)to offer evidence of : prove, evince
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noun(ev-i-dence)evidence that tends to prove a fact by proving other events or circumstances which afford a basis for a reasonable inference of the occurrence of the fact at issue
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noun(ev-i-dence)evidence based not on a witness's personal knowledge but on another's statement not made under oath
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noun(ev-i-dence)evidence that establishes immediately collateral facts from which the main fact may be inferred : circumstantial evidence
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noun(ev-i-dence)the quality or state of being self-evident
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noun(ev-i-dence)a participant in a crime or an accomplice who gives evidence for the prosecution especially in return for a reduced sentence; also : the evidence given —used chiefly in the phrase turn state's evidence
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noun(ev-i-dence)evidence in the form of stories that people tell about what has happened to them
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idiom(ev-i-dence)to talk and answer questions about something especially in a court of law while formally promising that what one is saying is true : testify
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idiom(ev-i-dence)to give information (such as the names of other criminals) to the court in order to reduce one's own punishment when one has been charged with a crime —used when Britain is ruled by a king