E-vĭct', v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. EVICTED; p. pr. & vb. n. EVICTING.] [Lat. evincere, evictum, from e, out, and vincere, to conquer, vanquish; It. evincere, Pr. evencer, Fr. evincer. See EVINCE.]
Sense 1. (Law.) To dispossess by a judicial process, or course of legal proceedings; to expel from; to compel to leave.
The law of England would speedily evict them of their possession. Davies.
Sense 2. To evince; to prove. [Obs.] Cheyne.