Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Mostrá-re, v. a. 1. to show, expose to view, exhibit;2. to
afford to the eye or notice. — miracoli, to work miracles; 3. to
discover, make known a thing; 4. to prove, demonstrate any thing
from its effects; 5. to give proof or testimony of any thing; 6.
to teach or instruct by precept and example. Far —, to make a
parade. — a dito, to show or point at with one's finger by way
of derision. — fretta, to hurry one's self. — i denti, to show
one's teeth, to threaten. — il bianco nero, to prove that black
is white. — il calcagno, to take to one's heels. — la fronte, to
defend one's self courageously. — sembiante, to make believe; v.
n. 1. to appear, to look; 2. to feign, dissemble, pretend.Mostra
di non conoscermi, he pretends not to know me; 3. to be clear,
apparent, manifest;v. r. 1. — cogli effetti ad uno, to prove
what one is by deeds; 2. — nuovo d'alcuna cosa, to affect not to
know a thing; s. m. Mostrá-tóre, f. Mostrá-tríce;adj. Mostrá-
nte. Florio: a