Meanings
alternative showeth
- archaicindicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of shew
The heauens declare the glory of God: and the firmament sheweth his handy worke.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 19:12 more examples
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not againe: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giueth.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 37:21[…]and Mr Shepherd’s clerks were set to work, without there having been a single preliminary difference to modify of all that “This indenture sheweth.”
1817 (date written), [Jane Austen], chapter V, in Persuasion; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume (please specify |volume=III or IV), London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC
Origin
shew + -eth, the archaic third-person singular present tense suffix
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