Shew \Shew\, n. Show. [Obs. except in shewbread.] Shew \Shew\, v. t. & i. See {Show}.
shew v : establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture" [syn: {prove}, {demonstrate}, {establish}, {show}] [ant: {disprove}] [also: {shewn}]