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


Etymology

Verb

exemplify (third-person singular simple present exemplifies, present participle exemplifying, simple past and past participle exemplified)

(transitive) To show or illustrate by example.

(transitive) To be an instance of or serve as an example.

(transitive) To make an attested copy or transcript of (a document) under seal.

(transitive) To prove by such an attested copy or transcript.

Source: Wiktionary


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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