exemplify
1exemplify — exemplify, illustrate are comparable when they mean to use in speaking or writing concrete instances or cases to make clear something which is difficult, abstract, general, or remote from experience or to serve as an instance, case, or… …
2Exemplify — Ex*em pli*fyv. 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… …
3exemplify — I verb act the part of, actualize, be taken for, be the equivalent of, betoken, cite, connote, convey an impression, delineate, demonstrate, denote, depict, display, elucidate, embody, enucleate, evidence, evince, exhibit, explicate, express,… …
4exemplify — early 15c., to illustrate by examples, to instruct by (good) example, from M.L. exemplificare to illustrate, from L. exemplum (see EXAMPLE (Cf. example)). Meaning to serve as an example is recorded from 1793. Related: Exemplified; exemplifies;… …
5exemplify — [v] serve as an example body, cite, clarify, clear up, demonstrate, depict, display, elucidate, emblematize, embody, enlighten, epitomize, evidence, exhibit, illuminate, illustrate, instance, manifest, mirror, personify, quote, represent, show,… …
6exemplify — ► VERB (exemplifies, exemplified) ▪ be or give a typical example of. DERIVATIVES exemplification noun …
7exemplify — [eg zem′plə fī΄, igzem′plə fī΄] vt. exemplified, exemplifying [ME exemplifien < OFr exemplifier < ML exemplificare < L exemplum, an example + facere, to make, DO1] 1. to show by example; serve as an example of 2. to make a legally… …
8exemplify — UK [ɪɡˈzemplɪfaɪ] / US [ɪɡˈzemplɪˌfaɪ] verb [transitive] Word forms exemplify : present tense I/you/we/they exemplify he/she/it exemplifies present participle exemplifying past tense exemplified past participle exemplified a) to be a typical… …
9exemplify — exemplifiable, adj. exemplifier, n. /ig zem pleuh fuy /, v.t., exemplified, exemplifying. 1. to show or illustrate by example. 2. to furnish or serve as an example of: The plays of Wilde exemplify the comedy of manners. 3. Law. to transcribe or… …
10exemplify — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. typify; illustrate, explain, quote. See conformity. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. illustrate, typify, embody, epitomize; see explain , represent 3 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v.… …
