illustrate, serve as an example
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Exemplify Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To show or illustrate by example.
To show or illustrate by example.
(v. t.)
To prove or show by an attested copy.
To prove or show by an attested copy.
(v. t.)
To copy; to transcribe; to make an attested copy or transcript of, under seal, as of a record.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo copy; to transcribe; to make an attested copy or transcript of, under seal, as of a record.
exemplify
\ex*em"pli*fy\ (?) v. t. [imp. & p. p. exemplified (?); p. pr. &. vb. n. exemplifying.] [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.
2. to copy; to transcribe; to make an attested copy or transcript of, under seal, as of a record.
3. to prove or show by an attested copy.
exemplify
v
1. be characteristic of: "this compositional style is exemplified by this fugue" [syn: represent, typify]
2. clarify by giving an example of [syn: illustrate, instance]
To show by example.
Verb
1. be characteristic of; "This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue"
(synonym) represent
(hypernym) embody, be, personify
(derivation) typification, exemplification
2. clarify by giving an example of
(synonym) illustrate, instance
(hypernym) elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
(derivation) exemplification, illustration
Exemplify Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Exemplification is a mode of symbolization characterized by the relation between a sample and what it refers to.
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