Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Evident \Ev"i*dent\, a. [F. ['e]vinent, l. evidens, -entis; e
   out + videns, p. pr. of videre to see. See {Vision}.]
   Clear to the vision; especially, clear to the understanding,
   and satisfactory to the judgment; as, the figure or color of
   a body is evident to the senses; the guilt of an offender can
   not always be made evident.

         Your honor and your goodness is so evident. --Shak.

         And in our faces evident the sings Of foul
         concupiscence.                           --Milton.

   Syn: Manifest; plain; clear; obvious; visible; apparent;
        conclusive; indubitable; palpable; notorious. See
        {Manifest}.

Source : WordNet®

evident
     adj 1: clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses; "the
            effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees
            the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest
            disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning
            plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in
            plain view" [syn: {apparent}, {manifest}, {patent}, {plain}]
     2: capable of being seen or noticed; "a discernible change in
        attitude"; "a clearly evident erasure in the manuscript";
        "an observable change in behavior" [syn: {discernible}, {observable}]