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 Definitions for shew: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Shew \Shew\, n.
Show. [Obs. except in shewbread.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Shew \Shew\, v. t. & i.
See Show.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Show \Show\, v. t. [imp. Showed; p. p. Shownor Showed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Showing. It is sometimes written shew,
shewed, shewn, shewing.] [OE. schowen, shewen, schewen,
shawen, AS. sce['a]wian, to look, see, view; akin to OS.
scaw?n, OFries. skawia, D. schouwen, OHG. scouw?n, G.
schauen, Dan. skue, Sw. sk?da, Icel. sko?a, Goth. usskawjan
to waken, skuggwa a mirror, Icel. skuggy shade, shadow, L.
cavere to be on one's guard, Gr. ??? to mark, perceive, hear,
Skr. kavi wise. Cf. Caution, Scavenger, Sheen.]
1. To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to
display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and
often with an indirect object denoting the person or thing
seeing or beholding; as, to show a house; show your
colors; shopkeepers show customers goods (show goods to
customers).
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Go thy way, shew thyself to the priest. --Matt.
viii. 4.
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Nor want we skill or art from whence to raise
Magnificence; and what can heaven show more?
--Milton.
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2. To exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to
reveal; to make known; as, to show one's designs.
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Shew them the way wherein they must walk. --Ex.
xviii. 20.
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If it please my father to do thee evil, then I will
shew it thee, and send thee away. --1 Sam. xx.
13.
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3. Specifically, to make known the way to (a person); hence,
to direct; to guide; to asher; to conduct; as, to show a
person into a parlor; to show one to the door.
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4. To make apparent or clear, as by evidence, testimony, or
reasoning; to prove; to explain; also, to manifest; to
evince; as, to show the truth of a statement; to show the
causes of an event.
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I 'll show my duty by my timely care. --Dryden.
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5. To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor.
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Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me.
--Ex. xx. 6.
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To show forth, to manifest; to publish; to proclaim.
To show his paces, to exhibit the gait, speed, or the like;
-- said especially of a horse.
To show off, to exhibit ostentatiously.
To show up, to expose. [Colloq.]
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WordNet (r) 2.0
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shew
v : establish the validity of something, as by an example,
explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated
the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician
showed the validity of the conjecture" [syn: prove, demonstrate,
establish, show] [ant: disprove]
[also: shewn]
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