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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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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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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. |
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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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To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor. |
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To exhibit or manifest one's self or itself; to appear; to
look; to be in appearance; to seem. |
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To have a certain appearance, as well or ill, fit or
unfit; to become or suit; to appear. |
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The act of showing, or bringing to view; exposure to sight;
exhibition. |
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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. |
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Proud or ostentatious display; parade; pomp. |
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Semblance; likeness; appearance. |
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False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense. |
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A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood,
occuring a short time before labor. |
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A pale blue flame, at the top of a candle flame, indicating
the presence of fire damp. |