evident

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

EV'IDENT, adjective Plain; open to be seen; clear to the mental eye; apparent; manifest. The figures and colors of bodies are evident to the senses; their qualities may be made evident The guilt of an offender cannot always be made evident
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