Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Exemplify"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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. --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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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