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shew

(shō)

v. Archaic

Variant of show.

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shew

(ʃəʊ)

vb, shews, shewing, shewed, shewn (ʃəʊn) or shewed

an archaic spelling of show

ˈshewer n

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shew

(ʃoʊ)

v.i., v.t. shewed, shewn, shew•ing,
n.

Archaic. show.

shew

Past participle: shewed/shewn
Gerund: shewing

Imperative
shew
shew

Present
I shew
you shew
he/she/it shews
we shew
you shew
they shew

Preterite
I shewed
you shewed
he/she/it shewed
we shewed
you shewed
they shewed

Present Continuous
I am shewing
you are shewing
he/she/it is shewing
we are shewing
you are shewing
they are shewing

Present Perfect
I have shewed/shewn
you have shewed/shewn
he/she/it has shewed/shewn
we have shewed/shewn
you have shewed/shewn
they have shewed/shewn

Past Continuous
I was shewing
you were shewing
he/she/it was shewing
we were shewing
you were shewing
they were shewing

Past Perfect
I had shewed/shewn
you had shewed/shewn
he/she/it had shewed/shewn
we had shewed/shewn
you had shewed/shewn
they had shewed/shewn

Future
I will shew
you will shew
he/she/it will shew
we will shew
you will shew
they will shew

Future Perfect
I will have shewed/shewn
you will have shewed/shewn
he/she/it will have shewed/shewn
we will have shewed/shewn
you will have shewed/shewn
they will have shewed/shewn

Future Continuous
I will be shewing
you will be shewing
he/she/it will be shewing
we will be shewing
you will be shewing
they will be shewing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been shewing
you have been shewing
he/she/it has been shewing
we have been shewing
you have been shewing
they have been shewing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been shewing
you will have been shewing
he/she/it will have been shewing
we will have been shewing
you will have been shewing
they will have been shewing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been shewing
you had been shewing
he/she/it had been shewing
we had been shewing
you had been shewing
they had been shewing

Conditional
I would shew
you would shew
he/she/it would shew
we would shew
you would shew
they would shew

Past Conditional
I would have shewed/shewn
you would have shewed/shewn
he/she/it would have shewed/shewn
we would have shewed/shewn
you would have shewed/shewn
they would have shewed/shewn

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Verb

shew - 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"

demonstrate, prove, show, establish

prove oneself - show one's ability or courage

prove - prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof

affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain - establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"

negate, contradict - prove negative; show to be false

stultify - prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence; "nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself"

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Her mother stepped forwards, embraced her, and welcomed her with rapture; gave her hand, with an affectionate smile, to Wickham, who followed his lady; and wished them both joy with an alacrity which shewed no doubt of their happiness.

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