Word

shew, v.
(shewing, shewn, shews)

establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
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demonstrate establish prove shew show

sample sentences

"The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"
"The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"

verb frames

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verb frames

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

verb frames

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

verb frames

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

verb frames

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

lexical pointers

antonym

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

confirm, affirm, support, corroborate, substantiate, sustain

hyponym

prove oneself prove negate, contradict stultify