shew

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

*"I Shew You a Mystery." — The best short stories of 1917, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown
Unbuckle, and shew us what is in thy mail. — The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems, Geoffrey Chaucer
The following extracts will be sufficient to shew the nature of the volume. — Microcosmography: or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters, John Earle

prove, demonstrate, establish, show

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