Bible Dictionaries
Evidence

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) One who bears witness.

(2):

(n.) That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the evidence of our senses; evidence of the truth or falsehood of a statement.

(3):

(n.) That which is legally submitted to competent tribunal, as a means of ascertaining the truth of any alleged matter of fact under investigation before it; means of making proof; - the latter, strictly speaking, not being synonymous with evidence, but rather the effect of it.

(4):

(v. t.) To render evident or clear; to prove; to evince; as, to evidence a fact, or the guilt of an offender.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Evidence'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/evidence.html. 1828.