shew

[ shoh ]

/ ʃoʊ /

Archaic.

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

show.

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Words nearby shew

sheva brachoth, shevardnadze, shevat, shevchenko, sheveret, shew, shewbread, shf, shh, shiah, shiai

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Example sentences from the Web for shewn

You have shewn me the right way, and, God helping me, I'll take it.
The Missionary|George Griffith
If you would save yourself, fall to confession: no mercy will be shewn else.
The Gamester (1753)|Edward Moore
That he had some acquaintance with their former habits is shewn by vv.
The Three Additions to Daniel, A Study|William Heaford Daubney
I have shewn him my letters and yours; he thinks you are a Frenchman, although you represent yourself as a Venetian.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete|Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

The house of the Virgin is not shewn here, because, according to the legend, an angel carried it away to Loretto in Italy.
A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy|Ida Pfeiffer

British Dictionary definitions for shewn

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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