- to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove: to demonstrate a philosophical principle.
- to describe, explain, or illustrate by examples, specimens, experiments, or the like: to demonstrate the force of gravity by dropping an object.
- to manifest or exhibit; show: He demonstrated his courage by his actions in battle.
- to display openly or publicly, as feelings: to demonstrate one's anger by slamming a door.
- to exhibit the operation or use of (a device, process, product, or the like), usually to a purchaser or prospect: to demonstrate an automobile.
- to make, give, or take part in, a demonstration: The pickets required a license to demonstrate.
- to attack or make a show of force to deceive an enemy.
- to show, manifest, or prove, esp by reasoning, evidence, etc
- to evince; reveal the existence of
- to explain or illustrate by experiment, example, etc
- to display, operate, and explain the workings of (a machine, product, etc)
- to manifest support, protest, etc, by public parades or rallies
- to be employed as a demonstrator of machinery, etc
- to make a show of force, esp in order to deceive one's enemy
