demonstratev.

Brit.

/ˈdɛmənstreɪt/, U.S.

/ˈdɛmənˌstreɪt/

Forms: 1500s– demonstrate, 1600s (Scottish) demonstrat (past tense).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin dēmonstrāt-, dēmonstrāre.

Etymology: < classical Latin dēmonstrāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of dēmonstrāre to indicate, point out, to explain, describe, to show, to reveal < dē- de- prefix + monstrāre to show, point out (see monstrate v.). Compare Anglo-Norman demustrer , Anglo-Norman and Old French demostrer , Anglo-Norman and Middle French demoustrer , and (in later use with remodelling after the ulterior Latin etymon) Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French demonstrer , Middle French demontrer , French démontrer to point out or indicate (a person or thing) (second half of the 10th cent. in Old French), to prove (something) (c1175), to exhibit (a quality, ability, feeling, etc.) (1342), to describe and explain (a procedure, process, object of study, etc.) through practical example or experiment, especially as a method of teaching or instruction (1484). Compare also Old Occitan demostrar , Catalan demostrar (12th cent.), Spanish demostrar (late 12th cent.; also a1250 as †demonstrar ), Portuguese demostrar (13th cent.), demonstrar (14th cent.), Italian dimostrare (beginning of the 13th cent.); also German demonstrieren (16th cent.). Compare earlier demonstrate adj., and also earlier demonstration n., demonstre v.The verb appears originally to have been stressed on the penultimate (second) syllable. This pronunciation is the only one recorded in 18th- and early 19th-cent. dictionaries, is given in N.E.D. (1895), as (dĭmǫ·nstreⁱt) /dɪˈmɒnstreɪt/, alongside the now usual stress on the first syllable, but is not recorded in pronouncing dictionaries after the early 20th cent. First syllable stress is attested (at first in isolated instances) from at least the late 18th cent. Compare contemplate v.

†1. transitive. To point out or indicate (a person or thing); to present (information). Also with clause as object. Obsolete.

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society > communication > indication > pointing out > point out [verb (transitive)]

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1534 W. Marshall tr. Erasmus Playne & Godly Expos. Commune Crede f. 97^v They had leuer shewe and demonstrate by circumlocution the name of god, than to expresse it.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Demonstrate, indico, monstro.

1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Dii^v In the which bodye of the pedestall is demonstrated Ichnographia.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. ii. 54 Description cannot sute it selfe in words, To demonstrate the Life of such a Battaile.

a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 90 That the Starre stooped downe to Earth and sent forth greater and clearer Beames then before to demonstrate not onely the Place, but the very Child.

1650 O. Cromwell Let. 4 Sept. in Severall Proc. Parl. No. 50. 737 Comming to our Quarters at night, and demonstrating our apprehensions to some of the Col. they also chearfully concurred.

1684 R. Howlett School Recreat. 148 We come next to demonstrate the Time not proper, i.e. Unseasonable Angling..is when [etc.].

a. transitive. To establish the truth of (a proposition, theory, claim, etc.) by reasoning or deduction or (in later use) by providing practical proof or evidence; to prove; (Logic) to show that (a proposition, conclusion, etc.) is a necessary consequence of axioms or previously accepted statements. Frequently with clause (esp. that-clause) as object. In early use with the sense of proving something beyond doubt; later also with the weaker sense of providing evidence and argumentation to support a theory or claim.

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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > prove, demonstrate [verb (transitive)]

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1538 tr. Erasmus Prepar. to Deathe sig. Fv He..began with reasons of Philosophie to demonstrate, that it was impossible to ioyne tho thinges in one, betwixt whiche there is no agreance, as betwyxt fynite and infynite, create and increate.

?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) i. xx. sig. F iij v This Lemma..or proposition I minde to demonstrate.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. ix Archimedes demonstrates..that the proportion of the Diameter unto the Circumference is as 7 almost unto 22.

1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 23 The best medium we have to demonstrate the Being of a Deity.

1712 (title) Impossibility of witchcraft further demonstrated.

1754 T. Sherlock Several Disc. preached at Temple Church I. iv. 153 Few Workmen..know the Reason, and can demonstrate the mechanic Powers of the Instruments they use.

1790 Proc. Old Bailey 8 July 584/2 The prisoner said he should demonstrate his innocence on his trial to the satisfaction of the Court, by proving that he was in another place at the time when he was charged to have committed this crime.

1814 I. D'Israeli Quarrels Auth. II. 62 What others conjectured, and some discovered, Harvey demonstrated.

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 681 Postulates are things required to be granted true, before we proceed to demonstrate a proposition.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xxx. 404 The existence of this state of strain may be demonstrated.

1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 3/1 For seven years, as judge of the Court of Common Pleas at Akron, he had been demonstrating day in and day out that..an American trial court can be made tolerably efficient.

1924 G. E. Hale Depths of Universe i. 1 Galileo had already taught the Copernican theory; he was soon to demonstrate it beyond room for doubt.

1970 Sci. Amer. Mar. 62/3 To demonstrate that no cheating was involved, the experiment was repeated on a double-blind basis.

2009 T. Berg Struct. in Lang. v. 189 It has often been noted but rarely been demonstrated that German word order is more variable than English word order.

b. transitive. Of a thing, fact, situation, etc.: to show the truth of; to be proof of or constitute evidence for (a claim, theory, etc.). Also with clause as object.

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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > prove, demonstrate [verb (transitive)] > be proof of

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1572 R. Harrison tr. L. Lavater Of Ghostes i. viii. 41 This history also dothe demonstrate and shewe, that Spirits are not alwayes heard, when some men affirm they are.

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. ii. 47 A copie to these yonger times; Which followed well, would demonstrate them now But goers backward.

c1709 in G. Lamoine Charges to Grand Jury (1992) 68 The History of this Kingdom, its Laws, ye practice of our princes.., do all demonstrate yt ye Royal dignity of this nation is..far from being a despotick kind of Government.

1798 B. D. Perkins Infl. Metallic Tractors 11 The many stubborn and indisputable facts, which demonstrated that the operations had no similitude whatever to Animal Magnetism.

1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. iii. 22 It is a matter which experience and observation demonstrate.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xvii. 324 The crevassing of the eastern side of the glacier..does not..demonstrate its slower motion.

1927 A. S. Eddington Stars & Atoms 67 This..demonstrates the existence of a cosmic cloud pervading the stellar system.

1948 Economist 3 Jan. 32/1 These examples demonstrate how important it is for the discount houses to keep their portfolios short.

2010 Oxoniensia 74 9 The pottery and leather dates demonstrate that the motte ditch was allowed to silt up almost immediately after initial excavation.

c. intransitive. To establish the truth of something; (Logic) to show that a proposition, conclusion, etc., is a necessary consequence of axioms or previously accepted statements.

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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > prove, demonstrate [verb (intransitive)]

demonstrate1605

to make a (also the) point1809

1605 J. Dove Confut. Atheisme 74 To distinguish between a body and a spirit, to imagin those thinges which are but onely imaginarie,..to make sillogismes, to define, deuide, demonstrate.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iii. 436 This may helpe to thicken other proofes, That doe demonstrate thinly.

1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I i. Introd. 4 A Mathematician, whose office it is to demonstrate.

1837 E. Tagart Remarks Math. & Demonstrative Reasoning 45 To demonstrate is to show that a certain proposition not granted to be true is true by virtue of some premise previously admitted or assumed as a criterion of truth.

1867 J. Martineau Ess. II. 46 Euclid had to demonstrate before there could be a philosophy of geometry.

1903 P. Shorey Unity of Plato's Thought 5 Plato..often seems more concerned to edify or entertain than to demonstrate and conclude.

2007 F. Wilson Acquaintance, Ontol., & Knowl. vi. 235 Moore's implicit suggestion that his opponents were more inclined to pontificate than to argue,..to preach than to demonstrate, is not without justification.

a. transitive. To exhibit (a quality, ability, feeling, etc.), esp. by action or behaviour; to display, reveal. Also: to express (one's feelings) demonstratively. Also with clause as object. Frequently with the sense of deliberately exhibiting a positive feeling or quality, but sometimes also with the sense of unintentionally revealing a negative characteristic. Sometimes coloured by sense 2.

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society > communication > manifestation > [verb (transitive)]

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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > manifest or exhibit (emotions) [verb (transitive)]

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1553 J. Bradford Serm. Repentaunce sig. H.iii^v We being in y^e seruitude of sinne demonstrate our seruice by geuing ouer our membres to y^e obeyinge of synne from iniquitie to iniquitie.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 368 Euerie thing about you, demonstrating a carelesse desolation.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 157 They be very apt in prompt occasions, to demonstrate valour and resolution.

1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xxviii. 111 By this Figure these Idolaters would demonstrate that she was the Queen of the fiery sphear.

1735 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. V. 68 No people ever demonstrated such extent of genius.

1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality II. ix. 101 His blushing here demonstrates his sensibility.

1784 W. Russell Hist. Mod. Europe: Pt. II I. xiv. 427 He was desirous to demonstrate to his people, his willingness to meet that national assembly.

1800 Naval Chron. 3 363 Even the invalids at the hospital demonstrated their joy..by hoisting shreds of coloured cloth on their crutches.

1803 Duke of Wellington in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) 224 His Highness has demonstrated the most implicit confidence in the protection of the British power.

1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xxxviii. 339 Paul was a personage who demonstrated all his sentiments, and performed his various parts in life with the greatest vigour.

1892 Music Jan. 285 The introductions to the ‘Marche de Nuit’ and ‘Last Hope’ demonstrate considerable ingenuity and musical imagination of the highest order.

1913 Salt Lake Tribune 2 June 8/1 He is again demonstrating his value, not only as a fielding player, but also as a pitcher and a hitter.

1955 P. Larkin Let. 26 July in Sel. Lett. (1992) 246 I drank too much, met my old room-mate, insulted his religion, made advances to his wife..and in general demonstrated that time had stood still with me.

1994 P. D. James Original Sin iv. 24 A practice for which British juries have long demonstrated their distaste.

2011 N.Y. Mag. 28 Nov. 82/3 First..you convey how weighty and fraught with complexity your life is; then you chin up and demonstrate how stoic and manly you are about it.

b. transitive (reflexive). To become apparent or evident. Cf. manifest v. 2b.

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society > communication > manifestation > [verb (reflexive)]

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1553 J. Bradford Serm. Repentaunce sig. H.vi Lette youre sorowing for your euyls demonstrate it selfe, by departinge from the euyls you haue vsed.

1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 312/1 If..it be the Canker, it will after the third time demonstrate it selfe with a little knobbe or tumor.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. xliv. 253 She told me, that all the conception she had been able to form of a faulty passion, was, that it must demonstrate itself as mine sought to do.

1854 tr. A. de Lamartine Mem. Celebrated Char. II. 108 Madame de Sévigné's distress..demonstrated itself upon the day following the birth of her daughter's infant.

1905 Longman's Mag. Feb. 360 The mare..was in high spirits, which demonstrated themselves by an affectation of extreme ticklishness, when a fly alighted on her shining flank.

2012 Birmingham Evening Mail (Nexis) 5 Apr. 15 I can therefore understand why you were very angry but the anger demonstrated itself in a wholly unacceptable way.

c. transitive (reflexive). reflexive with infinitive. Of a person or thing: to prove oneself or itself to be something; to show oneself by trial, action, or experience to be the thing specified. Also occasionally with adjective or noun complement (also with as).

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1602 T. Lodge tr. Josephus Wks. 576 Phasaelus..beat out his owne braines against a stone and died, demonstrating himselfe by that act, to be the true brother of Herode.

1670 T. Pierce Signal Diagnostick i. iv. 51 If we love Christ with the whole Treasure of our Affection, our obedience..will be coveting to demonstrate itself as Infinite, as is that object which doth attract it.

1711 B. Hoadly Several Disc. conc. Terms of Acceptance with God v. 89 It is impossible that a Man..should practise all Holiness and Virtue..without..demonstrating himself to be of a meek and placable Temper.

1759 Acct. Late Conspiracy in Portugal 45 She appeared highly amiable, being an extreme good Mother, and demonstrated herself as good a Wife by accompanying her Husband to India at the Age of 50.

1822 Wesleyan-Methodist Mag. Feb. 87 I will demonstrate myself to be the Son of God..by my resurrection from the dead.

1882 E. E. Frewer tr. A. Barbou Victor Hugo & His Time xl. 396 His strength of intellect still demonstrates itself to be prodigious.

1952 New Mexican (Santa Fe) 5 Nov. 1/5 Dwight D. Eisenhower has been elevated to the White House by a vote of landslide proportions, demonstrating himself to be one of the most popular presidential candidates in history.

1984 T. S. Lebra Japanese Women (1985) ii. 55 Some fathers demonstrated themselves to be very up-to-date by suggesting that from now on women, too, should have an occupation.

2012 Irish Times (Nexis) 26 Oct. 28 In other countries the Irishman demonstrates himself a ruler, if not of genius, at any rate of unusual ability.

4. transitive. Of an object, mark, etc.: to be a sign or symbol of; to signify or represent, indicate, denote.Often in the context of palmistry, divination, etc.

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society > communication > indication > [verb (transitive)]

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1558 F. Withers tr. J. ab Indagine Briefe Introd. Art Chiromancy sig. C.i^v If there appere ouer against the middle finger a little Crosse deuided with small lines, it doth demonstrate the weakenes of the bodye, and breuitie of life.

1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 107 The Rubie dothe demonstrate charitie, the Saphiere loyaltie.

1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie i. 40 When it happens that many lines spread themselves abundantly, and end towards the mount of Luna, it demonstrates long expeditions..and a vagabond life.

1761 Misc. Corr. in Prose & Verse Apr. 645/1 Whiteness demonstrates innocence.

1828 H. Dallaway Man. Heraldry for Amateurs xiv. 139 The lozenge has been thought to demonstrate the sedentary employment of women, by representing a cushion.

1898 Bookman Dec. 367/2 There is the double life line, said to demonstrate unusual vigour and length of life.

1923 G. Rosiere Fortune Telling & Char. Reading 252 When the letters are angular and slant to the right it demonstrates energy, but if the angular type slants to the left selfishness will predominate.

1982 D. Walters Your Future Revealed By Mah Jongg 139 The imbalance of the two-colour (impure) tiles..demonstrates change, movement, agitation, unexpected events, personality clashes and strong ambition.

2004 W. Polson Pagan Rituals vi. 118 She kneels in the center of the circle..as..corn meal, or another sacred substance that demonstrates fertility is sprinkled over her.

a. transitive. To describe and explain (a procedure, process, object of study, etc.) through practical example or experiment, esp. as a method of teaching or instruction; to show how (something) works or is done. Also with clause (esp. a clause introduced by how) as object. In early use chiefly with reference to the teaching of sciences.

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society > education > teaching > [verb (transitive)] > teach by other methods

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1683 T. Robinson in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 133 Monsieur Tournefort, a Languedoc man..demonstrates now the plants in the King's Garden here.

1785 T. Reid Ess. Intellect. Powers v. vi. 484 Suppose a Geometrician is demonstrating the method of cutting a line in two equal parts. He draws, for instance, a black line of an inch in length.

1792 Gentleman's Mag. July 606/2 He has demonstrated how to make compound standards for finding universal measure in solids as in fluids.

1859 R. Owen Classif. & Geogr. Distribution Mammalia 23 I was able to demonstrate, in the ‘Hunterian Course of Lectures’ delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons, the leading modifications of the mammalian brain.

1890 Southern Dental Jrnl. 9 302 Take your young patient alone in the operating room, and taking up your own brush demonstrate how to use it.

1904 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 4 1005 The making and applying of poultices, fomentations, bandages of many kinds, and slings were fully demonstrated.

1954 K. Amis Lett. (2000) 400 Interesting item the other day: school kids demonstrating lifesaving at a baths.

1988 Guardian (Nexis) 14 Oct. The coroner asked him to demonstrate how he had fired the five shots in succession.

2011 Dunoon Observer & Argyllshire Standard 30 Sept. 19/1 Today she was demonstrating how to make some really lovely paper flowers.

b. intransitive. To use practical example as a method of instruction or explanation. Also: to give a demonstration on or with something. In later use frequently with object implied.

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society > education > teaching > [verb (intransitive)] > teach by other methods

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team-teach1962

1793 Med. Commentaries for 1792 Decade 2nd 7 263 A hall appropriated for lectures, in which, the professor has no occasion to demonstrate.

1822 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater App. 205 They will do me too much honour by ‘demonstrating’ on such a crazy body as mine.

1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith Introd. §2. 2 note The anatomist demonstrates, when he points out matters of fact cognisable by the senses.

1918 Refrigeration Apr. 40/1 Comes in Mr. Man with a preparation to turn our brass trimmings to nickelplate. He demonstrated on the hand-railings and jacket bands.

1990 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times 11 Nov. d1/1 ‘Half of the stuff that's being used is homemade’, he explains, demonstrating with a crudely fashioned leather skullcap.

2005 B. Anderson Coll. Stories 77 What are the smalls? she insists. Peter is on his feet demonstrating. He is dabbing icing on small cakes.

c. transitive. Originally U.S. To display and explain the merits, operation, use, etc., of (a product) to prospective buyers. Also intransitive.

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society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > show to the sight [verb (transitive)] > a new product, statue, etc.

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society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)] > expose or offer for sale > by displaying or explaining operation

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1905 Jeffersonian Gaz. (Lawrence, Kansas) 26 Apr. 5/5 (advt.) Miss Gertrude Birdsall, representing The Natural Food Company of Niagara Falls, N.Y., will demonstrate the products of this company by serving a dainty luncheon, which will be absolutely free to our friends and customers.

1922 Sat. Evening Post 22 Apr. 112/3 The Vacuette sells itself. To demonstrate is to sell it.

1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet i. iii. 58 He did not sell sewing-machines for nothing; he had even learned to operate one quite well from demonstrating them.

1985 Washington Post 16 Jan. e6/1 We sell bastard items—stuff that won't sell unless it's demonstrated. Anything that's demonstrated has to be unique.

1997 Eastern Eye 14 Feb. 9 (advt.) More than 100 exhibitors displaying, selling and demonstrating a vast range of bridal fashion, health & beauty products and wedding related services.

6. Military.

†a. transitive. To make the presence of (a ship) conspicuous as a show of military force. Obsolete. rare.

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1803 Ld. Nelson Let. 22 May in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) V. 71 I have demonstrated the Victory off Brest, and am now going to seek the Admiral in the ocean.

b. intransitive. To make a show of military force; to make a demonstration (demonstration n. 6).

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society > armed hostility > military operations > [verb (intransitive)] > show of force

demonstrate1827

1827 Examiner 13 May 297/1 The Spanish army has been so long allowed to demonstrate on the Portuguese frontier.

1882 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 13 There is not water enough for us to go and demonstrate inside the bay.

1910 Encycl. Brit. VI. 130/1 One part of the army demonstrated in front of Chattanooga, and the main body secretly crossed the river about Stevenson and Bridgeport.

2002 N. K. Risjord Jefferson's Amer. (ed. 2) v. 143 While Hessian troops demonstrated against the center, Howe and Cornwallis pounced on the right.

7. intransitive. To take part in a public demonstration; esp. to protest against or agitate for something.

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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > militancy > be militant [verb (intransitive)] > demonstrate or protest

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society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > public demonstration > demonstrate [verb (intransitive)]

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1867 Brazil & River Plate Mail 23 May 1/1 The intolerant party in the Peruvian capital, headed by the priests, got up a meeting to demonstrate against the attempts to establish freedom of worship in the country.

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lxxiii. 604 The habit of demonstrating with bands and banners and emblems.

1917 K. Liebknecht Militarism iv. 139 On January 20, 1907, the people demonstrating in favor of Sunday as a day of rest were chased off the streets of Paris by an immense muster of troops.

1967 A. Ramm Germany, 1789–1919 xiii. 428 Workers demonstrated in the streets of all the big towns.

1995 B. K. Uekert Rivers of Blood iii. 31 Thousands of citizens had been demonstrating for political reform.

2000 Daily Tel. 31 Jan. 10/5 Though they claimed to be demonstrating against globalisation, it was clear that America was their main target.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	demonstrate
释义	† demonstrateadj.n. Forms: 1600s demonstrat (Scottish), 1500s–1700s demonstrate. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin dēmonstrātus, dēmonstrāre. Etymology: < classical Latin dēmonstrātus, past participle of dēmonstrāre demonstrate v. With the use as noun compare post-classical Latin demonstratum (neuter) instruction, order (4th cent.). Obsolete. A. adj. Demonstrated, proved, shown. a. As an adjective. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > evident certainty > [adjective] witterc1175 apert1340 clearc1380 plainc1395 apparentc1400 demonstrablea1425 demonstrate1509 sensible?1531 explicit1623 apodicticala1638 demonstrated1646 apodictic1652 flat1665 decided1757 distinct1828 1509 S. Hawes Pastyme of Pleasure (de Worde) viii. sig. C.ii And by scrypture wyll made demonstrate Outwardly accordynge to the thought. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 347 I haue my selfe seene of late (both by the demonstrate opinions of others better learned, and by the effects of the disease) some two Horses which I dare auouch were mightily tormented with a Feauer. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 7 O! a plaine demonstrate cause, and a good resolution. b. As a past participle. ΚΠ 1571 T. Digges in L. Digges's Geom. Pract.: Pantometria xxv. sig. G g ^v Manyfolde mo..proportions, than may..(I will not saye be demonstrate, but onely by Theoremes) be declared. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. G1 The propositions of Euclyde..till they bee demonstrate, they seeme strange to our assent. View more context for this quotation 1671 R. McWard True Non-conformist 305 I have already demonstrat, in the second Dialogue, that [etc.]. 1706 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus I. x. 25 Human knowledge first commences From Things demonstrate to our Senses. B. n. A proposition which can be proved by logical reasoning. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > logical argument > [noun] > demonstrated proposition or truth demonstrate1656 1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. v. 61 Of Analysis there are three kinds, one..whereby we ascend by demonstrates and subdemonstrates, to indemonstrable immediate propositions. 1670 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. II iii. viii. 310 We proceed from Demonstrates, and Sub-demonstrates to first Propositions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021). demonstratev. Brit. /ˈdɛmənstreɪt/, U.S. /ˈdɛmənˌstreɪt/ Forms: 1500s– demonstrate, 1600s (Scottish) demonstrat (past tense). Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin dēmonstrāt-, dēmonstrāre. Etymology: < classical Latin dēmonstrāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of dēmonstrāre to indicate, point out, to explain, describe, to show, to reveal < dē- de- prefix + monstrāre to show, point out (see monstrate v.). Compare Anglo-Norman demustrer , Anglo-Norman and Old French demostrer , Anglo-Norman and Middle French demoustrer , and (in later use with remodelling after the ulterior Latin etymon) Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French demonstrer , Middle French demontrer , French démontrer to point out or indicate (a person or thing) (second half of the 10th cent. in Old French), to prove (something) (c1175), to exhibit (a quality, ability, feeling, etc.) (1342), to describe and explain (a procedure, process, object of study, etc.) through practical example or experiment, especially as a method of teaching or instruction (1484). Compare also Old Occitan demostrar , Catalan demostrar (12th cent.), Spanish demostrar (late 12th cent.; also a1250 as †demonstrar ), Portuguese demostrar (13th cent.), demonstrar (14th cent.), Italian dimostrare (beginning of the 13th cent.); also German demonstrieren (16th cent.). Compare earlier demonstrate adj., and also earlier demonstration n., demonstre v.The verb appears originally to have been stressed on the penultimate (second) syllable. This pronunciation is the only one recorded in 18th- and early 19th-cent. dictionaries, is given in N.E.D. (1895), as (dĭmǫ·nstreⁱt) /dɪˈmɒnstreɪt/, alongside the now usual stress on the first syllable, but is not recorded in pronouncing dictionaries after the early 20th cent. First syllable stress is attested (at first in isolated instances) from at least the late 18th cent. Compare contemplate v. †1. transitive. To point out or indicate (a person or thing); to present (information). Also with clause as object. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > pointing out > point out [verb (transitive)] teacha900 showa1225 brevea1377 ensign1477 point1477 note1521 demonstrate1534 appointa1547 to put (also lay) one's (also the) finger on1574 remark1592 outpoint1595 finger1619 clewa1625 notice1627 denote1632 indicate1651 to index outa1796 1534 W. Marshall tr. Erasmus Playne & Godly Expos. Commune Crede f. 97^v They had leuer shewe and demonstrate by circumlocution the name of god, than to expresse it. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Demonstrate, indico, monstro. 1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Dii^v In the which bodye of the pedestall is demonstrated Ichnographia. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. ii. 54 Description cannot sute it selfe in words, To demonstrate the Life of such a Battaile. View more context for this quotation a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 90 That the Starre stooped downe to Earth and sent forth greater and clearer Beames then before to demonstrate not onely the Place, but the very Child. 1650 O. Cromwell Let. 4 Sept. in Severall Proc. Parl. No. 50. 737 Comming to our Quarters at night, and demonstrating our apprehensions to some of the Col. they also chearfully concurred. 1684 R. Howlett School Recreat. 148 We come next to demonstrate the Time not proper, i.e. Unseasonable Angling..is when [etc.]. 2. a. transitive. To establish the truth of (a proposition, theory, claim, etc.) by reasoning or deduction or (in later use) by providing practical proof or evidence; to prove; (Logic) to show that (a proposition, conclusion, etc.) is a necessary consequence of axioms or previously accepted statements. Frequently with clause (esp. that-clause) as object. In early use with the sense of proving something beyond doubt; later also with the weaker sense of providing evidence and argumentation to support a theory or claim. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > prove, demonstrate [verb (transitive)] i-sothea925 soothec950 fanda1000 kitheOE betell1048 showc1175 prove?c1225 treousec1275 stablisha1325 approve1340 verifyc1386 justifya1393 tryc1412 answer?a1425 appreve?c1450 to make gooda1470 convictc1475 averifyc1503 arguea1513 find1512 pree1515 comprobate1531 demonstrate1538 conclude1549 convince1555 argument1558 evict1571 avoucha1593 evidencea1601 remonstrate1601 clear1605 attaint1609 monstrate1609 evince1610 evince1611 improve1613 remonstrance1621 to make out1653 ascertain1670 to bring off1674 to make (something) to through1675 render1678 substantiatea1691 establisha1704 to bring out1727 realize1763 validate1775 1538 tr. Erasmus Prepar. to Deathe sig. Fv He..began with reasons of Philosophie to demonstrate, that it was impossible to ioyne tho thinges in one, betwixt whiche there is no agreance, as betwyxt fynite and infynite, create and increate. ?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) i. xx. sig. F iij v This Lemma..or proposition I minde to demonstrate. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. ix Archimedes demonstrates..that the proportion of the Diameter unto the Circumference is as 7 almost unto 22. View more context for this quotation 1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 23 The best medium we have to demonstrate the Being of a Deity. 1712 (title) Impossibility of witchcraft further demonstrated. 1754 T. Sherlock Several Disc. preached at Temple Church I. iv. 153 Few Workmen..know the Reason, and can demonstrate the mechanic Powers of the Instruments they use. 1790 Proc. Old Bailey 8 July 584/2 The prisoner said he should demonstrate his innocence on his trial to the satisfaction of the Court, by proving that he was in another place at the time when he was charged to have committed this crime. 1814 I. D'Israeli Quarrels Auth. II. 62 What others conjectured, and some discovered, Harvey demonstrated. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 681 Postulates are things required to be granted true, before we proceed to demonstrate a proposition. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xxx. 404 The existence of this state of strain may be demonstrated. 1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 3/1 For seven years, as judge of the Court of Common Pleas at Akron, he had been demonstrating day in and day out that..an American trial court can be made tolerably efficient. 1924 G. E. Hale Depths of Universe i. 1 Galileo had already taught the Copernican theory; he was soon to demonstrate it beyond room for doubt. 1970 Sci. Amer. Mar. 62/3 To demonstrate that no cheating was involved, the experiment was repeated on a double-blind basis. 2009 T. Berg Struct. in Lang. v. 189 It has often been noted but rarely been demonstrated that German word order is more variable than English word order. b. transitive. Of a thing, fact, situation, etc.: to show the truth of; to be proof of or constitute evidence for (a claim, theory, etc.). Also with clause as object. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > prove, demonstrate [verb (transitive)] > be proof of provea1200 showa1325 declarec1400 verifyc1430 givec1449 persuadea1525 arguea1538 demonstrate1572 argue1585 put1596 evidence1611 evident1643 to make out1795 1572 R. Harrison tr. L. Lavater Of Ghostes i. viii. 41 This history also dothe demonstrate and shewe, that Spirits are not alwayes heard, when some men affirm they are. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. ii. 47 A copie to these yonger times; Which followed well, would demonstrate them now But goers backward. View more context for this quotation c1709 in G. Lamoine Charges to Grand Jury (1992) 68 The History of this Kingdom, its Laws, ye practice of our princes.., do all demonstrate yt ye Royal dignity of this nation is..far from being a despotick kind of Government. 1798 B. D. Perkins Infl. Metallic Tractors 11 The many stubborn and indisputable facts, which demonstrated that the operations had no similitude whatever to Animal Magnetism. 1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. iii. 22 It is a matter which experience and observation demonstrate. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xvii. 324 The crevassing of the eastern side of the glacier..does not..demonstrate its slower motion. 1927 A. S. Eddington Stars & Atoms 67 This..demonstrates the existence of a cosmic cloud pervading the stellar system. 1948 Economist 3 Jan. 32/1 These examples demonstrate how important it is for the discount houses to keep their portfolios short. 2010 Oxoniensia 74 9 The pottery and leather dates demonstrate that the motte ditch was allowed to silt up almost immediately after initial excavation. c. intransitive. To establish the truth of something; (Logic) to show that a proposition, conclusion, etc., is a necessary consequence of axioms or previously accepted statements. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > prove, demonstrate [verb (intransitive)] demonstrate1605 to make a (also the) point1809 1605 J. Dove Confut. Atheisme 74 To distinguish between a body and a spirit, to imagin those thinges which are but onely imaginarie,..to make sillogismes, to define, deuide, demonstrate. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iii. 436 This may helpe to thicken other proofes, That doe demonstrate thinly. View more context for this quotation 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I i. Introd. 4 A Mathematician, whose office it is to demonstrate. 1837 E. Tagart Remarks Math. & Demonstrative Reasoning 45 To demonstrate is to show that a certain proposition not granted to be true is true by virtue of some premise previously admitted or assumed as a criterion of truth. 1867 J. Martineau Ess. II. 46 Euclid had to demonstrate before there could be a philosophy of geometry. 1903 P. Shorey Unity of Plato's Thought 5 Plato..often seems more concerned to edify or entertain than to demonstrate and conclude. 2007 F. Wilson Acquaintance, Ontol., & Knowl. vi. 235 Moore's implicit suggestion that his opponents were more inclined to pontificate than to argue,..to preach than to demonstrate, is not without justification. 3. a. transitive. To exhibit (a quality, ability, feeling, etc.), esp. by action or behaviour; to display, reveal. Also: to express (one's feelings) demonstratively. Also with clause as object. Frequently with the sense of deliberately exhibiting a positive feeling or quality, but sometimes also with the sense of unintentionally revealing a negative characteristic. Sometimes coloured by sense 2. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > [verb (transitive)] uppec897 atewOE sutelec1000 openOE awnc1175 kithec1175 forthteec1200 tawnec1220 let witc1275 forthshowa1300 to pilt out?a1300 showa1300 barea1325 mythc1330 unfoldc1374 to open outc1390 assign1398 mustera1400 reyve?a1400 vouchc1400 manifest?a1425 outshowc1425 ostendc1429 explayc1443 objecta1500 reveala1500 patefy?1509 decipher1529 relieve1533 to set outa1540 utter1542 report1548 unbuckle1548 to set forth1551 demonstrate1553 to hold forth1560 testify1560 explicate1565 forthsetc1565 to give show of1567 denudec1572 exhibit1573 apparent1577 display?1578 carry1580 cipher1583 laya1586 foreshow1590 uncloud?1594 vision1594 explain1597 proclaim1597 unroll1598 discloud1600 remonstrate1601 resent1602 to bring out1608 palesate1613 pronounce1615 to speak out1623 elicit1641 confess1646 bear1657 breathe1667 outplay1702 to throw out1741 evolve1744 announce1781 develop1806 exfoliate1808 evince1829 exposit1882 pack1925 the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > manifest or exhibit (emotions) [verb (transitive)] canOE demeanc1400 pourc1451 expand1656 vend1682 demonstrate1800 emote1927 uncap1980 1553 J. Bradford Serm. Repentaunce sig. H.iii^v We being in y^e seruitude of sinne demonstrate our seruice by geuing ouer our membres to y^e obeyinge of synne from iniquitie to iniquitie. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 368 Euerie thing about you, demonstrating a carelesse desolation. View more context for this quotation 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 157 They be very apt in prompt occasions, to demonstrate valour and resolution. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xxviii. 111 By this Figure these Idolaters would demonstrate that she was the Queen of the fiery sphear. 1735 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. V. 68 No people ever demonstrated such extent of genius. 1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality II. ix. 101 His blushing here demonstrates his sensibility. 1784 W. Russell Hist. Mod. Europe: Pt. II I. xiv. 427 He was desirous to demonstrate to his people, his willingness to meet that national assembly. 1800 Naval Chron. 3 363 Even the invalids at the hospital demonstrated their joy..by hoisting shreds of coloured cloth on their crutches. 1803 Duke of Wellington in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) 224 His Highness has demonstrated the most implicit confidence in the protection of the British power. 1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xxxviii. 339 Paul was a personage who demonstrated all his sentiments, and performed his various parts in life with the greatest vigour. 1892 Music Jan. 285 The introductions to the ‘Marche de Nuit’ and ‘Last Hope’ demonstrate considerable ingenuity and musical imagination of the highest order. 1913 Salt Lake Tribune 2 June 8/1 He is again demonstrating his value, not only as a fielding player, but also as a pitcher and a hitter. 1955 P. Larkin Let. 26 July in Sel. Lett. (1992) 246 I drank too much, met my old room-mate, insulted his religion, made advances to his wife..and in general demonstrated that time had stood still with me. 1994 P. D. James Original Sin iv. 24 A practice for which British juries have long demonstrated their distaste. 2011 N.Y. Mag. 28 Nov. 82/3 First..you convey how weighty and fraught with complexity your life is; then you chin up and demonstrate how stoic and manly you are about it. b. transitive (reflexive). To become apparent or evident. Cf. manifest v. 2b. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > [verb (reflexive)] awnc1175 reveal1493 demonstrate1553 present1585 manifest1726 showa1768 announce1768 1553 J. Bradford Serm. Repentaunce sig. H.vi Lette youre sorowing for your euyls demonstrate it selfe, by departinge from the euyls you haue vsed. 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 312/1 If..it be the Canker, it will after the third time demonstrate it selfe with a little knobbe or tumor. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. xliv. 253 She told me, that all the conception she had been able to form of a faulty passion, was, that it must demonstrate itself as mine sought to do. 1854 tr. A. de Lamartine Mem. Celebrated Char. II. 108 Madame de Sévigné's distress..demonstrated itself upon the day following the birth of her daughter's infant. 1905 Longman's Mag. Feb. 360 The mare..was in high spirits, which demonstrated themselves by an affectation of extreme ticklishness, when a fly alighted on her shining flank. 2012 Birmingham Evening Mail (Nexis) 5 Apr. 15 I can therefore understand why you were very angry but the anger demonstrated itself in a wholly unacceptable way. c. transitive (reflexive). reflexive with infinitive. Of a person or thing: to prove oneself or itself to be something; to show oneself by trial, action, or experience to be the thing specified. Also occasionally with adjective or noun complement (also with as). ΚΠ 1602 T. Lodge tr. Josephus Wks. 576 Phasaelus..beat out his owne braines against a stone and died, demonstrating himselfe by that act, to be the true brother of Herode. 1670 T. Pierce Signal Diagnostick i. iv. 51 If we love Christ with the whole Treasure of our Affection, our obedience..will be coveting to demonstrate itself as Infinite, as is that object which doth attract it. 1711 B. Hoadly Several Disc. conc. Terms of Acceptance with God v. 89 It is impossible that a Man..should practise all Holiness and Virtue..without..demonstrating himself to be of a meek and placable Temper. 1759 Acct. Late Conspiracy in Portugal 45 She appeared highly amiable, being an extreme good Mother, and demonstrated herself as good a Wife by accompanying her Husband to India at the Age of 50. 1822 Wesleyan-Methodist Mag. Feb. 87 I will demonstrate myself to be the Son of God..by my resurrection from the dead. 1882 E. E. Frewer tr. A. Barbou Victor Hugo & His Time xl. 396 His strength of intellect still demonstrates itself to be prodigious. 1952 New Mexican (Santa Fe) 5 Nov. 1/5 Dwight D. Eisenhower has been elevated to the White House by a vote of landslide proportions, demonstrating himself to be one of the most popular presidential candidates in history. 1984 T. S. Lebra Japanese Women (1985) ii. 55 Some fathers demonstrated themselves to be very up-to-date by suggesting that from now on women, too, should have an occupation. 2012 Irish Times (Nexis) 26 Oct. 28 In other countries the Irishman demonstrates himself a ruler, if not of genius, at any rate of unusual ability. 4. transitive. Of an object, mark, etc.: to be a sign or symbol of; to signify or represent, indicate, denote.Often in the context of palmistry, divination, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > [verb (transitive)] tokenc888 sayOE tellc1175 note?c1225 signifyc1275 notifyc1390 signc1390 ossc1400 testify1445 point1477 betoken1486 indike?1541 demonstrate1558 to give show of1567 argue1585 portend1590 speak1594 denotate1597 denote1597 evidence1610 instance1616 bespeak1629 resent1638 indict1653 notificate1653 indicate1706 exhibit1799 to body forth1821 signalize1825 to speak for ——1832 index1862 signal1866 1558 F. Withers tr. J. ab Indagine Briefe Introd. Art Chiromancy sig. C.i^v If there appere ouer against the middle finger a little Crosse deuided with small lines, it doth demonstrate the weakenes of the bodye, and breuitie of life. 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 107 The Rubie dothe demonstrate charitie, the Saphiere loyaltie. 1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie i. 40 When it happens that many lines spread themselves abundantly, and end towards the mount of Luna, it demonstrates long expeditions..and a vagabond life. 1761 Misc. Corr. in Prose & Verse Apr. 645/1 Whiteness demonstrates innocence. 1828 H. Dallaway Man. Heraldry for Amateurs xiv. 139 The lozenge has been thought to demonstrate the sedentary employment of women, by representing a cushion. 1898 Bookman Dec. 367/2 There is the double life line, said to demonstrate unusual vigour and length of life. 1923 G. Rosiere Fortune Telling & Char. Reading 252 When the letters are angular and slant to the right it demonstrates energy, but if the angular type slants to the left selfishness will predominate. 1982 D. Walters Your Future Revealed By Mah Jongg 139 The imbalance of the two-colour (impure) tiles..demonstrates change, movement, agitation, unexpected events, personality clashes and strong ambition. 2004 W. Polson Pagan Rituals vi. 118 She kneels in the center of the circle..as..corn meal, or another sacred substance that demonstrates fertility is sprinkled over her. 5. a. transitive. To describe and explain (a procedure, process, object of study, etc.) through practical example or experiment, esp. as a method of teaching or instruction; to show how (something) works or is done. Also with clause (esp. a clause introduced by how) as object. In early use chiefly with reference to the teaching of sciences. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > [verb (transitive)] > teach by other methods example1645 demonstrate1683 bear-lead1833 kindergarten1872 1683 T. Robinson in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 133 Monsieur Tournefort, a Languedoc man..demonstrates now the plants in the King's Garden here. 1785 T. Reid Ess. Intellect. Powers v. vi. 484 Suppose a Geometrician is demonstrating the method of cutting a line in two equal parts. He draws, for instance, a black line of an inch in length. 1792 Gentleman's Mag. July 606/2 He has demonstrated how to make compound standards for finding universal measure in solids as in fluids. 1859 R. Owen Classif. & Geogr. Distribution Mammalia 23 I was able to demonstrate, in the ‘Hunterian Course of Lectures’ delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons, the leading modifications of the mammalian brain. 1890 Southern Dental Jrnl. 9 302 Take your young patient alone in the operating room, and taking up your own brush demonstrate how to use it. 1904 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 4 1005 The making and applying of poultices, fomentations, bandages of many kinds, and slings were fully demonstrated. 1954 K. Amis Lett. (2000) 400 Interesting item the other day: school kids demonstrating lifesaving at a baths. 1988 Guardian (Nexis) 14 Oct. The coroner asked him to demonstrate how he had fired the five shots in succession. 2011 Dunoon Observer & Argyllshire Standard 30 Sept. 19/1 Today she was demonstrating how to make some really lovely paper flowers. b. intransitive. To use practical example as a method of instruction or explanation. Also: to give a demonstration on or with something. In later use frequently with object implied. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > [verb (intransitive)] > teach by other methods demonstrate1793 kindergarten1872 team-teach1962 1793 Med. Commentaries for 1792 Decade 2nd 7 263 A hall appropriated for lectures, in which, the professor has no occasion to demonstrate. 1822 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater App. 205 They will do me too much honour by ‘demonstrating’ on such a crazy body as mine. 1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith Introd. §2. 2 note The anatomist demonstrates, when he points out matters of fact cognisable by the senses. 1918 Refrigeration Apr. 40/1 Comes in Mr. Man with a preparation to turn our brass trimmings to nickelplate. He demonstrated on the hand-railings and jacket bands. 1990 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times 11 Nov. d1/1 ‘Half of the stuff that's being used is homemade’, he explains, demonstrating with a crudely fashioned leather skullcap. 2005 B. Anderson Coll. Stories 77 What are the smalls? she insists. Peter is on his feet demonstrating. He is dabbing icing on small cakes. c. transitive. Originally U.S. To display and explain the merits, operation, use, etc., of (a product) to prospective buyers. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > show to the sight [verb (transitive)] > a new product, statue, etc. unveil1865 demonstrate1905 demo1969 première1977 society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)] > expose or offer for sale > by displaying or explaining operation demonstrate1905 1905 Jeffersonian Gaz. (Lawrence, Kansas) 26 Apr. 5/5 (advt.) Miss Gertrude Birdsall, representing The Natural Food Company of Niagara Falls, N.Y., will demonstrate the products of this company by serving a dainty luncheon, which will be absolutely free to our friends and customers. 1922 Sat. Evening Post 22 Apr. 112/3 The Vacuette sells itself. To demonstrate is to sell it. 1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet i. iii. 58 He did not sell sewing-machines for nothing; he had even learned to operate one quite well from demonstrating them. 1985 Washington Post 16 Jan. e6/1 We sell bastard items—stuff that won't sell unless it's demonstrated. Anything that's demonstrated has to be unique. 1997 Eastern Eye 14 Feb. 9 (advt.) More than 100 exhibitors displaying, selling and demonstrating a vast range of bridal fashion, health & beauty products and wedding related services. 6. Military. †a. transitive. To make the presence of (a ship) conspicuous as a show of military force. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1803 Ld. Nelson Let. 22 May in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) V. 71 I have demonstrated the Victory off Brest, and am now going to seek the Admiral in the ocean. b. intransitive. To make a show of military force; to make a demonstration (demonstration n. 6). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > [verb (intransitive)] > show of force demonstrate1827 1827 Examiner 13 May 297/1 The Spanish army has been so long allowed to demonstrate on the Portuguese frontier. 1882 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 13 There is not water enough for us to go and demonstrate inside the bay. 1910 Encycl. Brit. VI. 130/1 One part of the army demonstrated in front of Chattanooga, and the main body secretly crossed the river about Stevenson and Bridgeport. 2002 N. K. Risjord Jefferson's Amer. (ed. 2) v. 143 While Hessian troops demonstrated against the center, Howe and Cornwallis pounced on the right. 7. intransitive. To take part in a public demonstration; esp. to protest against or agitate for something. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > militancy > be militant [verb (intransitive)] > demonstrate or protest demonstrate1867 protest-march1958 march1967 society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > public demonstration > demonstrate [verb (intransitive)] demonstrate1867 manifest1898 1867 Brazil & River Plate Mail 23 May 1/1 The intolerant party in the Peruvian capital, headed by the priests, got up a meeting to demonstrate against the attempts to establish freedom of worship in the country. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lxxiii. 604 The habit of demonstrating with bands and banners and emblems. 1917 K. Liebknecht Militarism iv. 139 On January 20, 1907, the people demonstrating in favor of Sunday as a day of rest were chased off the streets of Paris by an immense muster of troops. 1967 A. Ramm Germany, 1789–1919 xiii. 428 Workers demonstrated in the streets of all the big towns. 1995 B. K. Uekert Rivers of Blood iii. 31 Thousands of citizens had been demonstrating for political reform. 2000 Daily Tel. 31 Jan. 10/5 Though they claimed to be demonstrating against globalisation, it was clear that America was their main target. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1509v.1534
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