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    Show , v. 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. scawn, OFries. skawia, D. schouwen, OHG. scouwn, G. schauen, Dan. skue, Sw. skda, Icel. skoa, Goth. usskawjan to waken, skuggwa a mirror, Icel. skuggy shade, shadow, L. cavere to be on one's guard, Gr.  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).
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      Go thy way, shew thyself to the priest.
      Matt. viii. 4.

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      Nor want we skill or art from whence to raise
      Magnificence; and what can heaven show more?
      Milton.

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    2. To exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to reveal; to make known; as, to show one's designs.
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      Shew them the way wherein they must walk.
      Ex. xviii. 20.

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      If it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away.
      1 Sam. xx. 13.

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    3. Specifically, to make known the way to (a person); hence, to direct; to guide; to usher; to conduct; as, to show a person into a parlor; to show one to the door.
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    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.
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      I 'll show my duty by my timely care.
      Dryden.

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    5. To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor.
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      Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me.
      Ex. xx. 6.

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      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.]
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    Show, v. i. [Written also shew.]
    1. To exhibit or manifest one's self or itself; to appear; to look; to be in appearance; to seem.
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      Just such she shows before a rising storm.
      Dryden.

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      All round a hedge upshoots, and shows
      At distance like a little wood.
      Tennyson.

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    2. To have a certain appearance, as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
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      My lord of York, it better showed with you.
      Shak.

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      To show off, to make a show; to display one's self.
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    Show , n. [Formerly written also shew.]
    1. The act of showing, or bringing to view; exposure to sight; exhibition.
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    2. That which is shown, or brought to view; that which is arranged to be seen; a spectacle; an exhibition; as, a traveling show; a cattle show.
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      As for triumphs, masks, feasts, and such shows.
      Bacon.

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    3. Proud or ostentatious display; parade; pomp.
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      I envy none their pageantry and show.
      Young.

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    4. Semblance; likeness; appearance.
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      He through the midst unmarked,
      In show plebeian angel militant
      Of lowest order, passed.
      Milton.

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    5. False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense.
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      Beware of the scribes, . . . which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers.
      Luke xx. 46. 47.

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    6. (Med.) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.
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    7. (Mining) A pale blue flame, at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of fire damp.
      Raymond.

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      Show bill, a broad sheet containing an advertisement in large letters. -- Show box, a box containing some object of curiosity carried round as a show. -- Show card, an advertising placard; also, a card for displaying samples. -- Show case, a glazed 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.
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