Exemplifying

Exemplifying
Exemplify 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 principles in which he had been brought up. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]

2. To copy; to transcribe; to make an attested copy or transcript of, under seal, as of a record. --Holland. [1913 Webster]

3. To prove or show by an attested copy. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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