Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SELF-EV'I-DENT
SELF-EV'I-DENCESELF-EV'I-DENT-LY
SELF-EV'I-DENT, a.
Evident without proof or reasoning; that produces certainty or clear conviction upon a bare presentation to the mind; as, a self-evident proposition or truth. That two and three make five, is self-evident.
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