Dēm'on-strāte or De-mōn'strāte, v. t.
(117) (Synop., § 130), v. t. [Lat. demonstratus, demonstrare, from de and monstrare, to show; O. Sp. & Pg. demonstrar, N. Sp., Pg., & Pr. demostrar, It. dimostrare, Fr. démontrer.] [See Note under CONTEMPLATE.]
Sense 1. To point out; to indicate; to make evident; to exhibit.
Sense 2. To show or make evident by reasoning; to prove by deduction; to establish so as to exclude possibility of doubt or denial.
To demonstrate the eternal difference between a true and severe friend to the monarchy, and a slippery sycophant of the court. Burke.
Sense 3. (Anat.) To exhibit the parts of when dissected; — said of a dead body.