shew

[ shoh ]

/ ʃoʊ /

Archaic.

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verb (used with or without object), noun shewed, shewn, shew·ing,

an archaic spelling of show.

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How to use shew in a sentence

The next moment a pistol was fired at their head, and a deep groan shewed it had taken too true an aim.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
He glorified him in the sight of kings, and gave him commandments in the sight of his people, and shewed him his glory.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
For he made mention of the enemies under the figure of rain, and of doing good to them that shewed right ways.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Jones shewed us a road that took us a quarter of a mile below Watertown bridge, as we did not chuse to go through that town.
Gage's Instructions|Thomas Gage

I stole it in my heart when she first shewed it me hanging round her neck; and the childs death, perhaps, is on me besides!
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3)|Charles Dickens

British Dictionary definitions for shew

shew

/ (ʃəʊ) /

verb shews, shewing, shewed, shewn (ʃəʊn) or shewed

an archaic spelling of show

Derived forms of shew

shewer, noun

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