WordWealth: evince

e·vince (i vins'), v.t., e·vinced, e·vinc·ing.

1. to show clearly; make evident or manifest; prove.

2. to reveal the possession of (a quality, trait, etc.).

[1600–10; < L ēvincere to conquer, overcome, carry one's point, equiv. to ē- E- + vincere to conquer]

—e·vinci·ble, adj.

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I have been stunned by how a coup d'état can take place in America. The combination of irregular presidential election, traumatic terrorist attack, administrative control by radical conservatives and the intimidation and cowardliness of the opposition have achieved incredible changes. Our country now has an endless war policy, unilateral withdrawal from international agreements, illegal detentions, threats to constitutional rights and theft of the people's resources for military ends. The well-oiled evince a voracious appetite for world domination and homeland insecurity. I feel like an alien in my beloved land, now a place of nightmares. —— Claremont, Calif, 'How 9/11 Changed Our Lives'; The Nation; Sept 5, 2002

Reading the book, I was reminded of the old testament of New Labour, The Blair Revolution , penned, if that is not too indulgent a word, in part by Peter Mandelson. Of course, that fanciful confection was a romanticised prognosis of life under New Labour. This book evinces little romance and recounts the reality of life under the Blairistas. —— Peter Kilfoyle, 'Still the Poor Relations'; Polly Toynbee's account of life among the low-paid, Hard Work, demolishes the Blairite myth; Guardian; Jan 26, 2003

The headline may not have reflected the situation in its full dreariness, but it did reflect the scepticism tinged with antagonism about the current campaign to reduce car speed. The DfT cannot have things all its own way on this one, whereas it more or less can do what it wants to further the 25-year-old campaign against drink driving, as evinced by the reaction to a new law allowing doctors to take blood samples from unconscious drivers suspected of drink driving: total silence. —— Author Andrew Martin, 'The Fast and the Furious'; Despite ongoing campaigns to encourage drivers to slow down, Andrew Martin finds that men still boast about speeding; Telegraph; Nov 02, 2002
 

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