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shew forth

shew forth is the obsolete spelling of show forth.

Meaning of show forth

Verb

show forth (third-person singular simple present shows forth, present participle showing forth, simple past showed forth, past participle shown forth)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To exhibit; to demonstrate.
    • O Lord, open thou our lips.
      And our mouth shall show forth thy praise.1662, The Book of Common Prayer

Forms of shew forth

third-person singular presentshews forth
present participleshewing forth
pastshewed forth
past participleshewn forth

Questions about shew forth

What is shew forth the obsolete spelling of?
Shew forth is the obsolete spelling of show forth.

Words near shew forth in the dictionary

  1. Shevuos
  2. Shevuoth
  3. shew
  4. shew bread
  5. shew breads
  6. shew forth
  7. shew stone
  8. shew stones
  9. shew'd
  10. shew-bread
  11. shewa

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shew forth (page history and authors); show forth (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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