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Meaning: Establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment Classified under: Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting Synonyms: shew; demonstrate; prove; show; establish Context examples: The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound / The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture Hypernyms (to "shew" is one way to...): affirm; confirm; corroborate; substantiate; support; sustain (establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts) Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shew"): prove oneself (show one's ability or courage) prove (prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof) contradict; negate (prove negative; show to be false) stultify (prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence) Sentence frames: Somebody ----s something  "If words could only speak, they'd mean even less." (English proverb) "The more cowherds there are, the worse the cows are looked after" (Breton proverb) "Had the monkey seen its ass, it wouldn’t have danced." (Arabic proverb) "With your hat in your hand you can travel the entire country." (Dutch proverb) Useful links: Definition of confirm Pronunciation of stultify Definition of support Pronunciation of contradict Definition of prove oneself
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