shew
part of speech
verb (shew, shews, shewed, shewn, shewing) (old spelling of show)
meaning for a pupil
(old spelling) Shew is an old way of writing show: to let someone see something, or to make something plain. tree →
sense in the lessons
in old stories this spelling is used for show; today write «show», but the old book may say «shew»
examples
- For He shewed the combination of these letters, each with the other; Aleph with all, and all with Aleph; Beth with all, and all with Beth. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- For He shewed the combination of these letters, each with the other ; Aleph with all, and all with Aleph; Beth with all, and all with Beth. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. (Prophets JOL.3.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will uncover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame. (Prophets NAM.3.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- She shewed the ring to her guests. tree →
- The bride began to shew herself in her true colours. tree →
- He shewed them the way up the stairs. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «shew» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.