In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
SHEW
prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew
(verb) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
shew (third-person singular simple present shews, present participle shewing, simple past shewed, past participle shewn or shewed)
Archaic spelling of show.
Noun
shew (plural shews)
Archaic spelling of show.
Etymology 2
Verb
shew
(East Anglia) simple past tense of show
Anagrams
• Hews, hews, wehs
Etymology
Proper noun
Shew
A surname.
Anagrams
• Hews, hews, wehs
Source: Wiktionary
Shew, v. t. & i.
Definition: See Show.
Shew, n.
Definition: Show. [Obs. except in shewbread.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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