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Definitions for shewn:

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Shewn \Shewn\, p. p. of Shew. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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). [1913 Webster] Go thy way, shew thyself to the priest. --Matt. viii. 4. [1913 Webster] Nor want we skill or art from whence to raise Magnificence; and what can heaven show more? --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to reveal; to make known; as, to show one's designs. [1913 Webster] Shew them the way wherein they must walk. --Ex. xviii. 20. [1913 Webster] If it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away. --1 Sam. xx. 13. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] I 'll show my duty by my timely care. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 5. To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor. [1913 Webster] Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me. --Ex. xx. 6. [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 2.0 :
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]

WordNet (r) 2.0 :
shewn See shew

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shewn - Wiktionary
shewn. Past participle of shew. Quotations. 1786: The handle shewn ... Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shewn" Category: English past participles ...

Exodus 25:40 "See that you make them after the pattern for them,
Look and make it according to the pattern, that was shewn thee in the mount. ... Design Mount Mountain Pattern Shewn Showed Shown ...

Leviticus 13:49 If the mark is greenish or reddish in the garment
... anything of skin, it is the sore of leprosy, and shall be shewn unto the priest. ... Plague Priest Red Reddish Shewn Showed Shown Shows Skin Spreading Vessel Warp ...

Search Within Books: shewn | Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Grant, Almighty God, since thou hast shewn us by so many, such clear and such ... love which they had shewn towards his name by an open. Jeremiah 35:17 ...

HARFORD'S CANBERRA PLAN DESCRIPTION
All the Main Roads are shewn on Plan 200 ft wide, this will give ample room for ... Central Railway Is shewn about the centre of the City. ...

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