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/dˈɛmənstrˌeɪt/ Listen

verb

Demonstrate v. t.

To point out; to show; to exhibit; to make evident.

To show, or make evident, by reasoning or proof; to prove by deduction; to establish so as to exclude the possibility of doubt or denial. "We can not demonstrate these things so as to show that the contrary often involves a contradiction."

(Anat.) To exhibit and explain (a dissection or other anatomical preparation).

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Etymology of 'Demonstrate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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— The Galaxy Primes • Edward Elmer Smith

... been the main scope and principal end of this discourse to demonstrate the reality of a standard in taste, as well as in corporeal beauty; that a false or depraved taste is a thing as well known, as easily discovered, as anything that is deformed, misshapen, or wrong in our form or outward make; and that this knowledge is derived ...

— Seven Discourses on Art • Joshua Reynolds

... husband's countenance that Lavinia bit her lip in annoyance. She had intended only to rebuke Gheta and had not calculated the effect of her speech upon Cesare. She was scrupulously careful not to mislead the latter with regard to her feeling for him. She went to a rather needless extreme to demonstrate that she conducted herself from a sense ...

— The Happy End • Joseph Hergesheimer

... appointment in October, he had actually been described by some of his opponents as "inefficient to command in the field." This is the tragedy of many a brilliant cavalry leader—it is impossible for him to demonstrate his ability ...

— Sir John French - An Authentic Biography • Cecil Chisholm

... States for packages of fourth-class matter originating on a rural route or at the distributing post office for delivery by rural carriers. It would seem only proper that such an experiment should be tried in order to demonstrate the practicability of the proposition, especially as the Postmaster-General estimates that the revenue derived from the operation of such a system on all the rural routes would ...

— State of the Union Addresses of Theodore Roosevelt • Theodore Roosevelt

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