Exampled

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Example \Ex*am"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exampled}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Exampling}.]
     To set an example for; to give a precedent for; to exemplify;
     to give an instance of; to instance. [Obs.] "I may example my
     digression by some mighty precedent." --Shak.
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           Burke devoted himself to this duty with a fervid
           assiduity that has not often been exampled, and has
           never been surpassed.                    --J. Morley.
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