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Webster 1913 Edition

Show

Show

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp.
Showed
;
p. p.
Shown
or
Showed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Showing
.
It is sometimes written
shew
,
shewed
,
shewn
,
shewing
.
]
[OE.
schowen
,
shewen
,
schewen
,
shawen
, AS.
sceáwian
, to look, see, view; akin to OS.
scaw[GREEK]n
, OFries.
skawia
, D.
schouwen
, OHG.
scouw[GREEK]n
, G.
schauen
, Dan.
skue
, Sw.
sk[GREEK]da
, Icel.
sko[GREEK]a
, Goth. us
skawjan
to waken,
skuggwa
a mirror, Icel.
skuggy
shade, shadow, L.
cavere
to be on one’s guard, Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] to mark, perceive, hear, Skr.
kavi
wise. Cf.
Caution
,
Scavenger
,
Sheen
.]
1.
To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; – the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the person or thing seeing or beholding;
as, to
show
a house;
show
your colors; shopkeepers
show
customers goods (show goods to customers).
Go thy way,
shew
thyself to the priest.
Matt. viii. 4.
Nor want we skill or art from whence to raise
Magnificence; and what can heaven
show
more?
Milton.
2.
To exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to reveal; to make known;
as, to
show
one's designs
.
Shew
them the way wherein they must walk.
Ex. xviii. 20.
If it please my father to do thee evil, then I will
shew
it thee, and send thee away.
1 Sam. xx. 13.
3.
Specifically, to make known the way to (a person); hence, to direct; to guide; to asher; to conduct;
as, to
show
a person into a parlor; to
show
one to the door
.
4.
To make apparent or clear, as by evidence, testimony, or reasoning; to prove; to explain; also, to manifest; to evince;
as, to
show
the truth of a statement; to
show
the causes of an event
.
I 'll
show
my duty by my timely care.
Dryden.
5.
To bestow; to confer; to afford;
as, to
show
favor
.
Shewing
mercy unto thousands of them that love me.
Ex. xx. 6.
To show forth
,
to manifest; to publish; to proclaim.
–
To show his paces
,
to exhibit the gait, speed, or the like; – said especially of a horse.
–
To show off
,
to exhibit ostentatiously.
–
To show up
,
to expose.
[Colloq.]

Show

,
Verb.
I.
[Written also
shew
.]
1.
To exhibit or manifest one's self or itself; to appear; to look; to be in appearance; to seem.
Just such she
shows
before a rising storm.
Dryden.
All round a hedge upshoots, and
shows

At distance like a little wood.
Tennyson.
2.
To have a certain appearance, as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
My lord of York, it better
showed
with you.
Shakespeare
To show off
,
to make a show; to display one's self.

Show

,
Noun.
[Formerly written also
shew
.]
1.
The act of showing, or bringing to view; exposure to sight; exhibition.
2.
That which os shown, or brought to view; that which is arranged to be seen; a spectacle; an exhibition;
as, a traveling
show
; a cattle
show
.
As for triumphs, masks, feasts, and such
shows
.
Bacon.
3.
Proud or ostentatious display; parade; pomp.
I envy none their pageantry and
show
.
Young.
4.
Semblance; likeness; appearance.
He through the midst unmarked,
In
show
plebeian angel militant
Of lowest order, passed.
Milton.
5.
False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense.
Beware of the scribes, . . . which devour widows' houses, and for a
shew
make long prayers.
Luke xx. 46. 47.
6.
(Med.)
A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occuring a short time before labor.
7.
(Mining)
A pale blue flame, at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of fire damp.
Raymond.
Show bill
,
a broad sheet containing an advertisement in large letters.
–
Show box
,
a box xontaining some object of curiosity carried round as a show.
–
Show card
,
an advertising placard; also, a card for displaying samples.
–
Show case
,
a gla[GREEK]ed case, box, or cabinet for displaying and protecting shopkeepers' wares, articles on exhibition in museums, etc.
–
Show glass
,
a glass which displays objects; a mirror.
–
Show of hands
,
a raising of hands to indicate judgment; as, the vote was taken by a show of hands.
–
Show stone
,
a piece of glass or crystal supposed to have the property of exhibiting images of persons or things not present, indicating in that way future events.

Webster 1828 Edition

Show

SHOW

,
Verb.
T.
pret. showed; pp. shown or showed. It is sometimes written shew, shewed, shewn. [If the radical letter lost was a labial, show coincides with the Gr.]
1. To exhibit or present to the view of others.
Go thy way, show thyself to the priest. Matt. 8.
2. To afford to the eye or to notice; to contain in a visible form.
Nor want we skill o rart, from whence to raise
Magnificence; and what can heaven show more? Milton.
3. To make or enable to see.
4. To make or enable to perceive.
5. To make to know; to cause to understand; to make known; to teach or inform.
Know, I am sent
To show thee what shall come in future days. Milton.
6. To prove; to manifest.
I'll show my duty by my timely care. Dryden.
7. T oinform; to teach; with of.
The time cometh when I shall no more speak to you in proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father. John 16.
8. To point out, as a guide.
Thou shalt show them th eway in which they must walk. Ex. 18.
9. To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor or mercy on any person.
10. To prove by evidence, testimony or authentic registers or documents.
They could not show their father's house. Ezra 2.
11. To disclose; to make known.
I durst not show mine opinion. Job. 32.
12. To discover; to explain; as, to show a dream or interpretation.

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