Demonstrate: alternatives and connections

To bear witness to; to certify; to affirm to be true or genuine; as, to attest the truth of a writing, a copy of record.

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To bear witness to; to certify; to affirm to be true or genuine; as, to attest the truth of a writing, a copy of record.

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to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.

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To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise.

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To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen.

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To differ in opinion; to be of unlike or contrary sentiment; to disagree; -- followed by from.

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That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the…

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To affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness; to declare solemnly; to avow.

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To try or to ascertain by an experiment, or by a test or standard; to test; as, to prove the strength of gunpowder or of ordnance; to prove the conte…

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To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.

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To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

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To make to exist; to make real.

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To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

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To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.

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To make a solemn declaration, verbal or written, to establish some fact; to give testimony for the purpose of communicating to others a knowledge of…

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To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.

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To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.

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To pronounce to be wrong; to disapprove of; to censure.

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To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a statement or a speaker; to impugn.

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To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.

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To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…

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A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses.

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To try or to ascertain by an experiment, or by a test or standard; to test; as, to prove the strength of gunpowder or of ordnance; to prove the conte…

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To bend back; to give a backwa/d turn to; to throw back; especially, to cause to return after striking upon any surface; as, a mirror reflects rays o…

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To make foolish; to make a fool of; as, to stultify one by imposition; to stultify one's self by silly reasoning or conduct.

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The act of demonstrating; an exhibition; proof; especially, proof beyond the possibility of doubt; indubitable evidence, to the senses or reason.

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The act of demonstrating; an exhibition; proof; especially, proof beyond the possibility of doubt; indubitable evidence, to the senses or reason.

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One who demonstrates; one who proves anything with certainty, or establishes it by indubitable evidence.

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One who demonstrates; one who proves anything with certainty, or establishes it by indubitable evidence.

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The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.

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The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.

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That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the…

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That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the…

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To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

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To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

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of Show

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of Show

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To bear witness to; to certify; to affirm to be true or genuine; as, to attest the truth of a writing, a copy of record.

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To give cetain information to; to assure; to make certain.

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To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.

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That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the…

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To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice to what is interesting; to disp…

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Evident to the senses, esp. to the sight; apparent; distinctly perceived; hence, obvious to the understanding; apparent to the mind; easily apprehens…

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The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days.

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Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.

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To try or to ascertain by an experiment, or by a test or standard; to test; as, to prove the strength of gunpowder or of ordnance; to prove the conte…

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See Show.

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To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

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To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

Demonstrate overlaps with show, but its tone, intensity or usual context may differ. Check the definition before substituting it.

To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

Use when evidence provides strong support.

To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

Demonstrate is stronger and more formal, especially when evidence clearly supports a claim.