SHEW (shewn)

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Irregular inflected form: shewn   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does shew mean? 

• SHEW (verb)
  The verb SHEW has 1 sense:

1. establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment

  Familiarity information: SHEW used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHEW (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

demonstrate; establish; prove; shew; show

Context example:

The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture

Hypernyms (to "shew" is one way to...):

affirm; confirm; corroborate; substantiate; support; sustain (establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shew"):

prove oneself (show one's ability or courage)

prove (prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof)

contradict; negate (prove negative; show to be false)

stultify (prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

 Context examples 

Emma only might be as nature prompted, and shew herself just as happy as she was.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

I had not been long in my own room, after breakfast, when Mr. Crawford was shewn in.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Why else should he have shewn such unwillingness to accept your invitation here?

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

I have shewn you Mr Elliot as he was a dozen years ago, and I will shew him as he is now.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

But Elizabeth had sources of uneasiness which could not be suspected by Jane, to whom she had never yet had courage to shew Mrs. Gardiner's letter, or to relate her own change of sentiment towards him.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

I have nothing more to shew you, or to say—except that I am now going to throw them both behind the fire, and I wish you to see me do it.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

His father had never conferred a favour or shewn a kindness more to his satisfaction.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Mr. Willoughby however is the only person who can have a right to shew that house; and as he went in an open carriage, it was impossible to have any other companion.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Mr Elliot had attempted no apology, and shewn himself as unsolicitous of being longer noticed by the family, as Sir Walter considered him unworthy of it: all acquaintance between them had ceased.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Busy as he was, however, the young man was yet able to shew a most happy countenance on seeing Emma again.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)