3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] He did but . . . exemplify the principles in which he had been brought up. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] 2. To copy; to transcribe; to make an attested copy or transcript of, under seal, as of a record. --Holland. [1913 Webster] 3. To prove or show by an attested copy. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: exemplify v 1: be characteristic of; "This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue" [syn: {represent}] 2: clarify by giving an example of [syn: {illustrate}, {instance}] [also: {exemplified}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: exemplified See {exemplify}
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