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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Shew \Shew\, n.
Show. [Obs. except in shewbread.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Shew \Shew\, v. t. & i.
See Show.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
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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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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).
Go thy way, shew thyself to the priest. --Matt.
viii. 4.
Nor want we skill or art from whence to raise
Magnificence; and what can heaven show more?
--Milton.
2. To exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to
reveal; to make known; as, to show one's designs.
Shew them the way wherein they must walk. --Ex.
xviii. 20.
If it please my father to do thee evil, then I will
shew it thee, and send thee away. --1 Sam. xx.
13.
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.
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.
I 'll show my duty by my timely care. --Dryden.
5. To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor.
Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me.
--Ex. xx. 6.
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.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Shew \Shew\, n.
Show. [Obs. except in shewbread.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Shew \Shew\, v. t. & i.
See Show.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
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]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
shew
n.
(archaic spelling of en show)
vb.
(archaic spelling of en show)
vb.
(lb en East Anglia) (en-simple past of: show)
vb.
(nonstandard spelling of en shoo)
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
Shew
n.
(surname: en).
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
shew
n.
(archaic spelling of en show)
vb.
(archaic spelling of en show)
vb.
(lb en East Anglia) (en-simple past of: show)
vb.
(nonstandard spelling of en shoo)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
Shew
n.
(surname: en).
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
shew
n.
(archaic spelling of en show)
vb.
(archaic spelling of en show)
vb.
(lb en East Anglia) (en-simple past of: show)
vb.
(nonstandard spelling of en shoo)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
Shew
n.
(surname: en).
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
shew
n.
(archaic spelling of en show)
vb.
(archaic spelling of en show)
vb.
(lb en East Anglia) (en-simple past of: show)
vb.
(nonstandard spelling of en shoo)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
Shew
n.
(surname: en).
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
shew
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb show)
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
shew /ʃˈəʊ/
dokázat
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
shew /ʃˈəʊ/
[obs.] zeigen
Synonym: show
see: showing, shewing, shown, showed, shewn, as shown, She expressed her astonishment that …, He expressed his concern at the possibility that this pool of experience could be lost to the company., Show it to me, will you?
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
shew /ʃˈəʊ/
1. (İng.), (bak.) show.
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
/ˈʃu/
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
a. 斜的,弯曲的,概略的;
v. 斜砌石,曲解,以眼示意地看;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
v. 陈列;现出;证明;施与;申诉;看见
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