SHEW

prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew

(verb) establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; ā€œThe experiment demonstrated the instability of the compoundā€; ā€œThe mathematician showed the validity of the conjectureā€

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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ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ā€˜the father of the brideā€™ instead of ā€˜the brideā€™s fatherā€™


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