Show
SHOW, verb transitive preterit tense showed; participle passive 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. [[Matthew 8#1|Matthew 8:1]].
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.
4. To make or enable to perceive.
5. To make to know; to cause to understand; to make known; to teach or inform.
To show thee what shall come in future days. Milton.
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#1|John 16:1]].
Thou shalt show them th eway in which they must walk. [[Exodus 18#1|Exodus 18:1]].
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#1|Ezra 2:1]].
11. To disclose; to make known.
I durst not show mine opinion. [[Job 32#1|Job 32:1]].
12. To discover; to explain; as, to show a dream or interpretation.
To show forth, to manifest; to publish; to proclaim.
SHOW, verb intransitive
1. To appear; to look; to be in appearance.
Just such she shows before a rising storm. Dryden.
2. To have appearance; to become or suit well or ill.
My lord of York, it better show'd with you. Obs. Shak.
SHOW, noun
1. Superficial appearance; not reality.
Disapproves that care, though wise in show. Milton.
2. A spectacle; something offered to view for money.
3. Ostentatious display or parade.
I envy none their pageantry and show. Young.
4. Appearance as an object of notice.
The city itself makes the noblest _show_of any in the world. Addison.
5. Public appearance, in distinction of concealment; as an open show.
In show plebeian angel militant. Milton.
7. Seciousness; plausibility.
But a short exile must for show precede. Dryden.
8. External appearance.
And forc'd, at least in show, to prize it more. Dryden.
9. Exhibition in view; as a show o fcattle, or cattle-show.
10. Pomp; magnificent spectacle.
As for triumphs, masks, feasts, and such shows- Bacon.
11. A phantom; as a fairy show.
12. Representative action; as a dumb show.
13. External appearance; hypocritical pretense.
Who devour widows' houses, and for a show make long prayers. [[Luke 20#1|Luke 20:1]].