EXEMPLIFYING

exemplifying, illustrative

(adjective) clarifying by use of examples

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Verb

exemplifying

present 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