Definition of show

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Show (v. t.) Specifically, to make known the way to (a person); hence, to direct; to guide; to asher; to conduct; as, to show a person into a parlor; to show one to the door..

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Appreciatory :: Appreciatory (a.) Showing appreciation; appreciative; as, appreciatory commendation..
Affecting :: Affecting (a.) Affected; given to false show.
Toadflax :: Toadflax (n.) An herb (Linaria vulgaris) of the Figwort family, having narrow leaves and showy orange and yellow flowers; -- called also butter and eggs, flaxweed, and ramsted..
Tempestive :: Tempestive (a.) Seasonable; timely; as, tempestive showers..
Heliotrope :: Heliotrope (n.) An instrument or machine for showing when the sun arrived at the tropics and equinoctial line.
Justification :: "Justification (n.) The act of justifying or the state of being justified; a showing or proving to be just or conformable to law, justice, right, or duty; defense; vindication; support; as, arguments in justification of the prisoner's conduct; his disobedience admits justification..
Air :: Air (n.) An artificial or affected manner; show of pride or vanity; haughtiness; as, it is said of a person, he puts on airs..
Discrimination :: Discrimination (n.) The quality of being discriminating; faculty of nicely distinguishing; acute discernment; as, to show great discrimination in the choice of means..
Coloring :: Coloring (n.) Change of appearance as by addition of color; appearance; show; disguise; misrepresentation.
Disavow :: Disavow (v. t.) To deny; to show the contrary of; to disprove.
Perambulator :: Perambulator (n.) A surveyor's instrument for measuring distances. It consists of a wheel arranged to roll along over the ground, with an apparatus of clockwork, and a dial plate upon which the distance traveled is shown by an index. See Odometer..
Shanty :: Shanty (a.) Jaunty; showy.
Shower :: Shower (n.) A copious supply bestowed.
Paradigm :: Paradigm (n.) An example of a conjugation or declension, showing a word in all its different forms of inflection..
Gasp :: Gasp (v. i.) To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.
Swelldom :: Swell (a.) Having the characteristics of a person of rank and importance; showy; dandified; distinguished; as, a swell person; a swell neighborhood..
Protest :: Protest (v.) A declaration made by the master of a vessel before a notary, consul, or other authorized officer, upon his arrival in port after a disaster, stating the particulars of it, and showing that any damage or loss sustained was not owing to the fault of the vessel, her officers or crew, but to the perils of the sea, etc., ads the case may be, and protesting against them..
Ostentation :: Ostentation (n.) The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense.
Glitter :: Glitter (v. i.) To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive; as, the glittering scenes of a court..
Gnomonics :: Gnomonics (n.) The art or science of dialing, or of constructing dials to show the hour of the day by the shadow of a gnomon..
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