demonstrate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: demonstrate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for demonstrate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
demonstrate v give an exhibition of to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington" Synonym(s): show, demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture" Synonym(s): prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew Antonym(s): confute, disprove provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes; "His high fever attested to his illness"; "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication"; "This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness" Synonym(s): attest, certify, manifest, demonstrate, evidence march in protest; take part in a demonstration; "Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle" Synonym(s): demonstrate, march
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Demonstrate \Dem"onstrate\ (?; 277), v. t. [L. demonstratus, p. p. of demonstrare to demonstrate; de- + monstrare to show. See {Monster}.] 1. To point out; to show; to exhibit; to make evident. --Shak. 2. 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. --Tillotson. 3. (Anat.) To exhibit and explain (a dissection or other anatomical preparation).