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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
ex·em·pli·fy       [ig-zem-pluh-fahy] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -fied, -fy·ing.
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 copy; make an attested copy of (a document) under seal.
[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME exemplifien < MF exemplifier < ML exemplificāre to copy. See exemplum, -ify]

—Related forms
ex·em·pli·fi·a·ble, adjective
ex·em·pli·fi·er, noun

—Synonyms 2. typify, epitomize, depict, embody.
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ex·em·pli·fy       (ĭg-zěm'plə-fī')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   ex·em·pli·fied, ex·em·pli·fy·ing, ex·em·pli·fies
    1. To illustrate by example: exemplify an argument.
    2. To serve as an example of: scenes that exemplify the film director's style.
  2. Law To make a certified copy of (a document).


[Middle English exemplifien, from Old French exemplifier, from Medieval Latin exemplificāre : Latin exemplum, example; see example + Latin -ficāre, -fy.]

ex·em'pli·fi'a·ble adj., ex·em'pli·fi'er n.
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exemplify

verb
1. be characteristic of; "This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue" 
2. clarify by giving an example of 

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

He did but . . . exemplify the principles in which he had been brought up. --Cowper.

2. To copy; to transcribe; to make an attested copy or transcript of, under seal, as of a record. --Holland.

3. To prove or show by an attested copy.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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