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to shew

to shew

1 9.9
To prove that something is true by example or test
  • verb
  • /ʃuː/
  • Archaic
translation icon : demostrar
  • The guide will shew us the ancient ruins and explain their historical significance.

Examples

  • The Trustees followed this piece with "An Account Shewing the Progress of the Colony of Georgia in America from Its First Establishment," which presented a more direct repudiation of the Malcontents' allegations.

    Academic text (2010)
  • "The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto Him, "to shew unto His servants things which must shortly come to pass, "and He sent and signified it by His angel unto His servant John, "who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, "and of all things that he saw.

  • "This oft as you drink it in remembrance of me, "for as often as you eat this bread "and drink this wine, "you do shew the Lord's death "till he comes again."

  • "This do you as oft as you drink it, in remembrance of me, "for as often as you eat this bread "and drink this wine, "you do shew the Lord's death "till he comes again."

  • 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

    Blog text (12)
  • The teacher will shew the students how to solve the complex equation step by step.

  • He decided to shew the results of his experiment to validate his hypothesis.

Synonyms

to show
vsto shew
1.0

To give proof that something is true

is the older archaic expression for the same proof or demonstration
to prove
vsto shew
3.1

To show that something is true by giving facts or reasons

is archaic wording rather than a technical guarantee of truth
to demonstrate
vsto shew
579 3.0

Show that something is true using evidence or examples

is the older archaic form used for proving truth by example
to establish
vsto shew
  • Formal
319 4.1

To show something is true using evidence

is an older word used to mean proof without modern formal emphasis
to bespeak
vsto shew
  • Formal
6 9.3

Show that something has a certain quality

is used to state or prove truth not merely to suggest or signal it
to witnesseth
vsto shew
  • Archaic
9.9

Shows something as true in a legal document

is the common archaic verb for showing truth rather than a legal attestation

How Clearly

to prove
3.1
to shew
  • Archaic
1 9.9
to suggest
2.1
hint
229 1.5

Surface Forms

shew infinitive
shewing present participle
shews third person singular
shewed past
shewed past participle

Etymology

Shew is an old spelling of show, from an old word meaning 'to look' or 'see'. So to shew something is to 'bring it into sight' and thus to 'show' or prove it by example.