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exemplify(dictionary)

exemplify (iou)



exemplify verb. LME.
[medieval Latin exemplificare, from Latin exemplum EXAMPLE noun: see -FY.]
verb trans. Make an official or attested copy of (esp. a legal document). LME.
b. Copy (a document); quote in writing. L16-E18.
a. verb trans. Illustrate by examples; find or provide an example of. LME.
D. Cecil Her stories do exemplify her moral point of view.
b. verb intrans. Quote examples by way of illustration. L16.
C. Brooke-Rose The professor exemplified with a vivid comparison from the animal kingdom.
c. verb trans. Be or serve as an example of. L18.
W. Styron Talk about your lovesick fool, how I exemplified such a wretch!
verb trans. & intrans. Set a (good) example (to). LME-E16.
verb trans. Adduce, quote, use as an example; compare to by way of example. E16-L18.
verb trans. Make after an example or model. L16-L17.
verb trans. Make an example of (a person). Only in M17.
verb trans. Manifest or display an example of (a quality etc.). M-L17.
exemplifiable adjective (rare) E19.
exemplifier noun M16.