ex·em·plar
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| 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. |
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L, var. of exemplāre, n. use of neut. of exemplāris exemplary; r. ME exaumplere < MF examplaire < L exemplāris
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n.
[Middle English exemplere, from Late Latin exemplārium, from Latin exemplum, example; see example.] |
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| exemplar | |
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| something to be imitated; "an exemplar of success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general" |
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Exemplar
Ex*am"pler\, n. [See Exemplar, Example, and cf. Sampler.] A pattern; an exemplar. [Obs.]| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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. Such grand exemplar as make their own abilities the sole measure of what is fit or unfit. --South. 2. A copy of a book or writing. [Obs.] --Udall.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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