Dictionary entry

Demonstrate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Dem″on‐strate (?; 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).