Both Uses of
demonstrate
in
The Da Vinci Code
- Over the next half hour, Langdon showed them slides of artwork by Michelangelo, Albrecht Dürer, Da Vinci, and many others, demonstrating each artist's intentional and rigorous adherence to the Divine Proportion in the layout of his compositions.
Chpt 19-20demonstrating = showing
- "I fear," Teabing said, "that I've just demonstrated for your lady friend the unfortunate benefit of my condition."
Chpt 65-66 *demonstrated = shown
Definition:
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(demonstrate as in: It demonstrates my point.) to showThe exact meaning of this sense of demonstrate can depend upon its context. For example:
- "I will demonstrate how to throw a Frisbee." -- show how to do something
- "I will demonstrate how much quicker the new computer is than the old one." -- show how something works
- "Her questioned demonstrated that she was listening and thinking deeply about what was said." -- showed to be true or proved