In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
EXEMPLIFIED
EXEMPLIFY
exemplify, illustrate, instance
(verb) clarify by giving an example of
exemplify, represent
(verb) be characteristic of; “This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
exemplified
simple past tense and past participle of exemplify
Source: Wiktionary
EXEMPLIFY
Ex*em"pli*fy v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exemplified; p. pr. &. vb. n. Exemplifying.] Etym: [L. exemplum example + -fy: cf. LL. exemplificare to copy, serve as an example.]
1. To show or illustrate by example. He did but . . . exemplify the principles in which he had been brought up. Cowper.
2. To copy; to transcribe; to make an attested copy or transcript of, under seal, as of a record. Holland.
3. To prove or show by an attested copy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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