argue#v#1: 	1. (34) argue, reason -- (present reasons and arguments)

confute#v#1: 	1. disprove, confute -- (prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories")

demo#v#1: 	1. show, demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate -- (show or demonstrate something to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington")

demonstrate#v#1: 	1. (25) show, demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate -- (show or demonstrate something to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington")

demonstrate#v#2: 	2. (23) prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew -- (establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture")

disprove#v#1: 	1. (2) disprove, confute -- (prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories")

establish#v#3: 	3. (24) prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew -- (establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture")

prove#v#2: 	2. (48) prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew -- (establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture")

reason#v#2: 	2. (2) argue, reason -- (present reasons and arguments)

reason#v#3: 	3. (1) reason -- (think logically; "The children must learn to reason")

shew#v#1: 	1. prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew -- (establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture")

show#v#2: 	2. (66) prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew -- (establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture")

