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verb (used with object)
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to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove: to demonstrate a philosophical principle.
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to manifest or exhibit; show: He demonstrated his courage by his actions in battle.
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to display openly or publicly, as feelings: to demonstrate one's anger by slamming a door.
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to exhibit the operation or use of (a device, process, product, or the like), usually to a purchaser or prospect: to demonstrate an automobile.
verb (used without object)
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to make, give, or take part in, a demonstration: The pickets required a license to demonstrate.
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Military. to attack or make a show of force to deceive an enemy.
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Redemonstrate
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Origin:
1545–55; < Latin dēmonstrātus, past participle of dēmonstrāre to show, point out, equivalent to dē- de- + monstrāre to show, verbal derivative of monstrum sign, portent
1545–55; < Latin dēmonstrātus, past participle of dēmonstrāre to show, point out, equivalent to dē- de- + monstrāre to show, verbal derivative of monstrum sign, portent
Related forms
dem·on·strat·ed·ly, adverb
coun·ter·dem·on·strate, verb (used without object), -strat·ed, -strat·ing.
pre·dem·on·strate, verb (used with object), -strat·ed, -strat·ing.
re·dem·on·strate, verb, -strat·ed, -strat·ing.
sub·dem·on·strate, verb (used with object), -strat·ed, -strat·ing.
EXPANDSynonyms
1. show, confirm, verify, corroborate.
1. show, confirm, verify, corroborate.
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Word Origin & History
demonstrate
1550s, "to point out," from L. demonstrat-, pp. stem of demonstrare (see demonstration). Meaning "to point out by argument or deduction" is from 1570s. Related: Demonstrated (1670s).
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