verb
- present participle of show (archaic spelling)
Usage: archaic
Examples
- The old manuscript contained the word ‘shewing’ instead of ‘showing’.
- Historical documents often use ‘shewing’ where modern English would use ‘showing’.
- The King James Bible frequently uses ‘shewing’ in place of the modern spelling.
- Early legal texts were fond of ‘shewing’ evidence to the court.
- Shakespeare’s works contain instances of ‘shewing’ rather than ‘showing’.