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To make to know. 
Him the most High 
Rapt in a balmy cloud with winged steeds 
Did, as thou saws’t, receive, to walk with God 
High in salvation and the climes of bliss, 
Exempt from death; to show thee what reward 
Awaits the good. Milton. 
To give proof of; to prove. 
I’ll to the citadel repair. 
And show my duty by my timely care. Dryden. 
To publish; to make public; to proclaim.—Ye are a 
chosen generation, that ye should shew forth the praises of 
him who hath called you out of darkness. 1 Pet. —To in¬ 
form ; to teach : with of. —I shall no more speak in proverbs, 
but shew you plainly of the Father. St. John. —To make 
known. 
Nothing wants, but that thy shape. 
Like his, and colour serpentine, may show 
Thy inward fraud, to warn all creatures from thee. Milton. 
To conduct.—To show, in this sense, is to show the way. 
■—She taking him for some cautious city-patient, that came 
for privacy, shews him into the dining-room. Swift. —To 
offer; to afford.—Thou shalt utterly desfroy them; make no 
covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them. Deut. — 
To explain; to expound.—Forasmuch as knowledge and 
shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were 
found in the same Daniel, let him be called. Dan. —To 
discover; to point out. 
Why stand we longer shivering under fears, 
That show no end but death ? Milton. 
With off.—Ho set off. 
[ like your silence; it the more shows off 
Your wonder. Shakspeare. 
To SHOW, v. n. To appear; to look; to be in appear¬ 
ance.— Just such she shows before a rising storm. Dryden. 
—To have appearance; to become well or ill. 
My lord of York, it better shew'd with you, 
When that your flock, assembled by the bell. 
Encircled you to hear with reverence 
Your exposition on the holy text, 
Than now to see you here an iron man, 
Cheering a rout of rebels with your drum. , Shakspeare. 
SHOW, s. A spectacle; something publicly exposed to 
view for money.—I do not know what she may produce me; 
but, provided it be a show, I shall be very well satisfied. 
Addison. —Superficial appearance; not reality. 
Mild Heaven 
Disapproves that care, though wise in show. 
That with superfluous burden loads the day. ' Milton. 
Ostentatious display. 
The radiant sun 
Sends from above ten thousand blessings down. 
Nor is he set so high for show alone. Granville. 
Object attracting notice.—The city itself makes the noblest 
show of any in the world: the houses are most of them 
painted on the outside, so that they look extremely gay and 
lively. Addison. —Public appearance: contrary to conceal¬ 
ment. 
Jesus, rising from his grave, 
Spoil’d principalities and powers, triumph’d 
In open show, and with ascension bright 
Captivity led captive. 
Semblance; likeness. 
When devils will their blackest sins put on, 
They do suggest at first with heavenly shows. 
Speciousness; plausibility. 
The kindred of the slain forgive the deed; 
But a short exile must for show precede. 
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External appearance. 
Fierce was the fight on the proud Belgians’ side, 
For honour, which they seldom sought before; 
But now they by their own vain boasts were ty’d, 
And forc’d, at least in shew, to prize it more. Dryden. 
Exhibition to view. 
I have a letter from her; 
The mirth whereof’s so larded with my matter, 
That neither singly can be manifested. 
Without the shew of both. Shakspeare. 
Pomp; magnificent spectacle.—As for triumphs, masks, 
feasts, and such shews, men need not be put in mind of 
them. Bacon. —Phantoms; not reality. 
What you saw was all a fairy show ; 
And all those airy shapes you now behold. 
Were human bodies once. Dryden. 
Representative action.—Florio was so overwhelmed with 
happiness, that he could not make a reply, but expressed in 
dumb show those sentiments of gratitude that were too big 
for utterance. Addison. 
SHOWBREAD, or Shewbread, s. Among the Jews, 
they thus called loaves of bread that the priest of the week 
put every sabbath-day upon the golden table, which was in 
the sanctum before the Lord. They were covered with 
leaves of gold, and were twelve in number, representing 
the twelve tribes of Israel. They served them up hot, and 
at the same time took away the stale ones, and which could 
not be eaten but by the priest alone. This offering was ac¬ 
companied with frankincense and salt. Calmet .—Set upon 
the table showbread before me. Ex. 
SHO'WER, s. One who shows. 
SHO'WER, s. [jcup, pcyup, Sax. scheure, Teut., from 
scheuren, or schoren, to break, to burst through.] Rain 
either moderate or violent. 
If the boy have not a woman’s gift, 
To rain a shower of commanded tears. 
An onion will do well for such a shift. Shakspeare. 
Storm of any thing falling thick. 
I’ll set thee in a shower of gold, and hail 
Rich pearls upon them. Shakspeare. 
Any very liberal distribution. 
He and myself 
Have travell’d in the great shower of your gifts, 
And sweetly felt it. Shakspeare. 
To SHO'WER, v. a. To wet or drown with rain. 
Serve they as a flowery verge to bind 
The fluid skirts of that same watery cloud, 
Lest it again dissolve, and shower the earth ? Milton. 
To pour down. 
These, lull’d by nightingales, embracing slept; 
And on their naked limbs the flowery roof 
Shower'd roses, which the morn repair’d. Milton. 
To distribute or scatter with great liberality.—After this 
fair discharge, all civil honours having showered on him be¬ 
fore, there now fell out occasion to action. Wotton. 
Caesar’s favour. 
That show'rs down greatness on his friends, will raise me 
To Rome’s first honours. Addison. 
To SHO'WER, v. n. To be rainy. 
SHOWERLESS, adj. Without showers. 
Scarce in a showerless day the heavens indulge 
Our melting clime. Armstrong. 
SHO'WERY, adj. Rainy.—A hilly field, Where the 
stubble is standing, set on fire in the showery season, will 
put forth mushrooms. Bacon. 
The combat thickens, like the storm that flies 
From westward, when the show'ry scuds arise. Dryden. 
SHO'WILY, adv. In a short way. 
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