Exemplifying

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

  exemplifying \exemplifying\ adj.
     1. clarifying by use of examples.
  
     Syn: illustrative.
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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.
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              He did but . . . exemplify the principles in which
              he had been brought up.               --Cowper.
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     2. To copy; to transcribe; to make an attested copy or
        transcript of, under seal, as of a record. --Holland.
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     3. To prove or show by an attested copy.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  exemplifying
       adj : clarifying by use of examples [syn: {illustrative}]