exemplar

exemplar
/ig zem"pleuhr, -plahr/, n.
1. a model or pattern to be copied or imitated: Washington is the exemplar of patriotic virtue.
2. a typical example or instance.
3. an original or archetype: Plato thought nature but a copy of ideal exemplars.
4. a copy of a book or text.
[1350-1400; ME < L, var. of EXEMPLARE, n. use of neut. of exemplaris EXEMPLARY; r. ME exaumplere < MF examplaire < L exemplaris]

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  • Exemplar — Exemplar …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • exemplar — |z| v. tr. 1.  [Antigo] Dar exemplo de. 2.  [Antigo] Mostrar com ostentação. 3.  [Brasil] Castigar como exemplo para outros.   ‣ Etimologia: latin exemplo, are exemplar |z| adj. 2 g. 1. Que pode ser usado como exemplo ou modelo; que é digno de… …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • Exemplar — Ex*em plar, n. [L. exemplar, exemplum: cf. F. exemplaire. See {Example}, and cf. {Examper}, {Sampler}.] 1. A model, original, or pattern, to be copied or imitated; a specimen; sometimes; an ideal model or type, as that which an artist conceives.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • exemplar — I noun apotheosis, archetype, example, exemplum, exponent, frame of reference, good example, guide, ideal, model, nonesuch, nonpareil, paradigm, paragon, pattern, prototype, shining example, standard, standard for comparison, standard for… …   Law dictionary

  • Exemplar — Ex*em plar, a. Exemplary. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The exemplar piety of the father of a family. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Exemplar — (v. lat.), 1) Muster; 2) ein Einzelnes von einer Anzahl gleichartiger u. in gleichem Werthe stehender Dinge, die zum Verkauf gebracht werden, so namentlich Bücher, Kupferstiche etc. Exemplarisch, 1) was zum Muster dienen kann; 2) warnend,… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Exemplar — Exemplar, Muster, Vorbild; einzelner Abdruck eines Buches, Kupferstiches; einzelnes Stück einer Sammlung; exemplarisch, musterhaft; auch zum abschreckenden Beispiel dienend (z. B. exemplarische Strafe); Exemplarität, Musterhaftigkeit …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Exemplar — Exemplār, (lat.), Muster, Vorbild, einzelner Abdruck (von Büchern, Kupferstichen); exemplārisch, musterhaft; auch zum abschreckenden Beispiel dienend …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Exemplar — Exemplar, lat., einzelnes Stück (von Büchern, Stichen etc.) …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • exemplar — late 14c., original model of the universe in the mind of God, later (mid 15c.) model of virtue, from O.Fr. exemplaire (14c.) and directly from L.L. exemplarium, from L. exemplum (see EXAMPLE (Cf. example)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • exemplar — pattern, ideal, beau ideal, example, *model, mirror, standard Analogous words: apotheosis, *paragon, nonpareil, nonesuch: type, *symbol …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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