Meaning & use
Shewed
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Archaic past tense of 'shew,' an older spelling of 'show,' meaning displayed or made known.
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The prophet shewed the people a vision of things to come.
He shewed great kindness to the travelers who arrived at his door.
A note on using this word
This spelling appears frequently in the King James Bible and other early modern English texts.
Words with a similar meaning
showedrevealed
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