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evidentiary, a.|ɛvɪˈdɛnʃərɪ|
[f. L. ēvidenti-a evidence + -ary.]
1. Of or pertaining to evidence; = evidential 1 a.
1810Bentham Packing (1821) 181 The clearing of his character..so far as concerns evidentiary trustworthiness. 1846Grote Greece i. xix. II. 56 An inscription..carries evidentiary value under the same conditions as a published writing on paper. 1879Carpenter Ment. Phys. I. ix. §2. 395 Through its power of modifying the relative force of different evidentiary considerations.
2. Furnishing evidence; having the nature of evidence. Const. of. = evidential 2.
1818Jas. Mill Brit. India III. i. 32 The charges ought to be exhibited first; and no evidentiary matter granted, but, etc. 1827Bentham Ration. Evidence Wks. 1843 VII. 20 To treat it upon the footing of an evidentiary act, with reference to the corresponding principal act. 1845Mill Ess. II. 221 But they are evidentiary of a tone of thought which has prevailed so long among the superior intellects. 1875Contemp. Rev. XXVI. 580 The upward slant..becomes an evidentiary fact of singular cogency. 1875Poste Gaius ii. (ed. 2) 201 It is only the adventitious or accidental or evidentiary portion of the title in which they differ. |