All 6 Uses

demonstrate
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The Hound of Rowan
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When each of you completed the Standard Series of Tests for Potentials, you demonstrated a capacity for Mystics.†
Chpt 8 *

demonstrated = showed
Please shut them off and I'll demonstrate why.†
Chpt 8
This will demonstrate that as a living conduit you can both absorb and channel energy.†
Chpt 8
UNEXPECTED GUESTS Following Cooper's dinner demonstration, there was a sharp decline in Course usage.†
Chpt 15
It was the Gauntlet of Beowulf, and next to it were inscribed the names of those students who had demonstrated exceptional courage.†
Chpt 15
McDaniels continues to demonstrate capabilities well beyond the normal Apprentice spectrum.†
Chpt 18

Definitions:

(1) (demonstrate as in: It demonstrates my point.)
to show
The 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
(2) (demonstrate as in: demonstrate to protest)
a public display supporting a cause -- usually joining with others in a political protest
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)