evince

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The Word of the Day for February 27 is:

evince   \ih-VINSS\   verb
      1 : to constitute outward evidence of
    *2 : to display clearly : reveal

Example sentence:
      Darby strode confidently to the end of the diving board, 
evincing not the slightest sign of fear or nervousness.

Did you know?
     Charles Dickens advised, "Take nothing on looks; take 
everything on evidence." An excellent rule, especially when 
considering the history of a synonym of "demonstrate" 
and "manifest." "Evince" derives from the Latin "evincere," 
meaning "to vanquish" or "to win a point." That root in turn 
traces to "vincere," Latin for "to conquer." In the early 
1600s, "evince" was sometimes used in the senses "to subdue" 
or "to convict of error," meanings evincing the influence of 
its Latin ancestors. It was also sometimes used as a synonym of 
its cousin "convince," but that sense is now obsolete. One 
early meaning, "to constitute evidence of," has hung on, 
however, and in the 1800s it was joined by another sense, "to 
reveal."

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.