, a , or an . PCP. It is presumably an older spelling of scanned. --2. Specifically (Pros.), to go through with, as a verse, marking and distinguishing the feet of which it is composed; to show, in reading, the metrical structure of; to recite metrically |
To go over and examine point by point; to examine with care; to look closely at or into; to scrutinize. |
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To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the person or thing seeing or beholding; as, to show a house; show your colors; shopkeepers show customers goods (show goods to customers). |
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To exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to reveal; to make known; as, to show one's designs. |
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Specifically, to make known the way to (a person); hence, to direct; to guide; to asher; to conduct; as, to show a person into a parlor; to show one to the door. |
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To make apparent or clear, as by evidence, testimony, or reasoning; to prove; to explain; also, to manifest; to evince; as, to show the truth of a statement; to show the causes of an event. |
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To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor. |
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To exhibit or manifest one's self or itself; to appear; to look; to be in appearance; to seem. |
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To have a certain appearance, as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear. |
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The act of showing, or bringing to view; exposure to sight; exhibition. |
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That which os shown, or brought to view; that which is arranged to be seen; a spectacle; an exhibition; as, a traveling show; a cattle show. |
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Proud or ostentatious display; parade; pomp. |
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Semblance; likeness; appearance. |
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False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense. |
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A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occuring a short time before labor. |
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A pale blue flame, at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of fire damp. |
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