Sentence:  As the New South snowballs toward further urbanization , it becomes more and more homogeneous with the North - a tendency which Willard Thorp terms `` Yankeefication '' , as <WSD>evidenced</WSD> in such cities as Charlotte , Birmingham , and Houston . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes