Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An archaic form of
show , show.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb See
show . - noun Obs. except in shewbread. Show.
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- verb archaic Alternative form of
show . - verb Simple past of
show . - noun archaic A
show .
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- verb establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
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Examples
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I. i.199 (14,8) [And shew what we alone must think] And _shew_ by realities what we now _must only think_.
Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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Their _charge_ or injunction would shew them insensible of his wrongs, and make them _shew like enemies_.
Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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My speech is plaine, without any rhetoricall shew of eloquence, hauing rather a regard to simple truth, than to decking words.
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6) England (1 of 12) William the Conqueror Raphael Holinshed
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Their titles shew the pastoral taste [4]: -- _Spring_,
The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times Alfred Biese 1893
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Three articles stand in it: the table for the so - called shew-bread, the great lampstand, and the golden altar of incense.
Expositions of Holy Scripture Alexander Maclaren 1868
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The older form "shew" appears only in the earliest editions.
Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father Daniel Jackson
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That is to say, such as shew themselves, not by the immediate self-evidence of the terms, but by consequences and deductions drawn from some known principle by human ratiocination or discourse, and the judgment which men use to pass upon things in the strength and light thereof.
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. III. 1634-1716 1823
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A really big 'shew' or two on Chris Carter's 'Breakfast With the Beatles'
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A really big 'shew' or two on Chris Carter's 'Breakfast With the Beatles'
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A really big 'shew' or two on Chris Carter's 'Breakfast With the Beatles'
wackyvorlon commented on the word shew
I've seen this one show up in model engineering writing from england from the '50s.
September 24, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word shew
Very 18th century; used in instances that people today would more likely use "show."
October 13, 2008
bilby commented on the word shew
Shew me an example.
October 13, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word shew
Exactly. Well done.
October 13, 2008