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|mdlsjtxt=and -ύω fut. -δείξω ionic -[[δέξω]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to [[shew]] by way of [[example]], Hdt.; τὸν ζωστῆρα [[προδέξας]] having [[pointed]] out [the use of] the [[girdle]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> absol. to [[tell]] [[first]], Aesch.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> to foreshew [[what]] is [[about]] to [[happen]], Hdt., etc.:—c. acc. et inf. to make [[known]] [[beforehand]] that… , Thuc.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> to [[point]] [[before]] one, σκήπτρῳ πρ. (sc. τὴν ὁδόν) to [[feel]] one's way with a [[stick]], of a [[blind]] man, Soph.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[pugilistic]] [[term]], χερσὶ πρ. to make feints with the hands, make as if one was [[going]] to [[strike]], Lat. praeludere, Theocr.:—in war, to make a [[demonstration]], Xen.