evidences

1. 1
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present indicative of evidence.

   The new survey evidences a sharp decline in local bird populations.

   His calm response evidences years of training under pressure.

   Note

   Unlike the plural noun, this spelling raises no eyebrows. The verb is transitive and takes its object directly: a survey evidences a decline, never evidences of one. Its strength varies. It can mean that something supplies proof, or only that it suggests a truth. Your reader will take a weaker or stronger claim depending on the subject, so choose that subject with care.

2. 2
   noun

   Plural of evidence. Rare in current English, where evidence is usually uncountable.

   The ruins bear evidences of a long and prosperous settlement.

   Paley's book on the evidences of Christianity set out arguments for its truth.

   Note

   A plural that standard English seldom uses. The noun is usually uncountable, so fluent writers say evidence, a piece of evidence, or several pieces of evidence. Evidences turns up chiefly in non-native speakers' English, where countable habits from other languages carry over. In careful writing, use a counted phrase such as items of evidence, or simply the evidence. The same spelling is fully standard as the verb form.

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