Demonstrate definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary DEMONSTRATE, v.t. [L. To show.] 1. To show or prove ... as to reduce the contrary position to evident absurdity. We demonstrate a problem in geometry, or a proposition in ethics, by ... the new software in Washington" [syn: show, demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate] 2: establish the validity of something, as by an example ... The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture" [syn: prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew] [ant: confute, disprove] 3: provide evidence for ... decision demonstrates his sense of fairness" [syn: attest, certify, manifest, demonstrate, evidence] 4: march in protest; take part in a ...
... the new software in Washington" [syn: show, demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate] 2: establish the validity of something, as by an example ... The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture" [syn: prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew] [ant: confute, disprove] 3: provide evidence for ... plead — used especially in law < show cause > 9. a. to demonstrate or establish by argument or reasoning < show a plan to ... nouveaux riches flaunting their wealth >. Synonyms: show, manifest, evidence, evince, demonstrate mean to reveal outwardly or make apparent. show is the ... by outward marks or signs < evinced not the slightest fear >. demonstrate implies showing by action or by display of feeling < demonstrated ... show > b. a competitive exhibition of animals (as dogs) to demonstrate quality in breeding 6. a. a theatrical presentation b. ...
... The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture" [syn: prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew] [ant: confute, disprove] 3: provide evidence for ... syn: testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, show] 4: prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof 5: put to the test ... theorem > < the charges were never proved in court > b. to demonstrate as having a particular quality or worth < the vaccine has ... proved or proven) 1 tr. (often foll. by that + clause) demonstrate the truth of by evidence or argument. 2 intr. a ... Etymology: ME f. OF prover f. L probare test, approve, demonstrate f. probus good Webster's 1913 Dictionary Prove Prove, v ... Syn: To try; verify; justify; confirm; establish; evince; manifest; show; demonstrate. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Prove Prove, v. i. 1. ...
... strating) Etymology: Medieval Latin remonstratus, past participle of remonstrare to demonstrate, from Latin re- + monstrare to show — more at muster Date ... clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence, to prove; to demonstrate. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. I will remonstrate to you the third ... complain, complain loudly, confront, contend with, cry out against, daunt, demonstrate, demonstrate against, demur, dispute, dissent, dissuade, encourage, enjoin, enter a protest ...
... meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle" [syn: demonstrate, march] 5: walk ostentatiously; "She parades her new husband around ... against, cutoff, cutoff point, dead march, deadline, defile, delimitation, demesne, demonstrate, demonstrate against, demonstration, demur, demurrer, depart, department, determinant, dispute, division line ...
... commend (approved the new hat). 4 tr. archaic (usu. refl.) demonstrate oneself to be (approved himself a coward). Phrases and idioms ... First thy obedience. --Milton. 2. To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically. Opportunities to approve . . . worth. --Emerson ... at, connote, consent, consent to silently, cosign, countenance, countersign, deign, demonstrate, denote, display, embrace, endorse, endure, espouse, esteem, evidence, evince, exhibit ...
... explain or decorate < illustrate a book > 4. to show clearly ; demonstrate intransitive verb to give an example or instance • illustrator noun ... illustrates that some women are now trying to fight back. = demonstrate VERB: V n, V wh, V that 2. If you ... cite a particular, clarify, clear up, connote, crack, decipher, decorate, demonstrate, demythologize, denote, display, document, elucidate, embellish, emblazon, embody, enlighten, euhemerize ...
... however, been exaggerated by some scholars into an attempt to demonstrate that Israel took these materials bodily, whereas the close shifting ... been subjected in the past few years would seem to demonstrate beyond peradventure that Israel stamped whatever she borrowed with her ... of less importance than some modern scholars have attempted to demonstrate. LITERATURE. L. W. King. Babylonian Religion and Mythology, London. 1899 ...