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exemplify

[ig-zem-pluh-fahy]

verb (used with object), -fied, -fy·ing.

to show or illustrate by example.

to furnish or serve as an example of: The plays of Wilde exemplify the comedy of manners.

Law. to transcribe or copy; make an attested copy of (a document) under seal.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English exemplifien < Middle French exemplifier < Medieval Latin exemplificāre to copy. See exemplum, -ify

Related forms

ex·em·pli·fi·a·ble, adjective

ex·em·pli·fi·er, noun

well-ex·em·pli·fied, adjective

Synonyms
2. typify, epitomize, depict, embody.

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exemplify (ɪɡˈzɛmplɪˌfaɪ)

—vb , -fies, -fying, -fied
1.	to show by example
2.	to serve as an example of
3.	law
	a. to make an official copy of (a document from public records) under seal
	b. to transcribe (a legal document)

[C15: via Old French from Medieval Latin exemplificāre, from Latin exemplumexample + facere to make]

ex'emplifiable

—*adj*

exemplifi'cation

—n

ex'emplificative

—*adj*

ex'emplifier

—n

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exemplify

early 15c., "to illustrate by examples, to instruct by (good) example," from M.L. exemplificare, from exemplum (see example). Meaning "to serve as an example" is recorded from 1793. Related: Exemplified; exemplifies; exemplifying.

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