■ noun information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.
↘ Law information drawn from personal testimony, a document, or a material object, used to establish facts in a legal investigation or admissible as testimony in a law court.
↘signs; indications.
■ verb be or show ~ of.
Phrases
in ~ noticeable; conspicuous.
turn King's (or Queen's or US state's ) ~ Law (of a criminal) give information in court against one's partners in order to receive a less severe punishment.
Origin
ME: via OFr. from L. evidentia , from evident- (see evident ).