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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CARE

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Coffee Trivia

According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.

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