Definition of exemplify Exemplify

/ɪgzɛˈmplʌfajˌ/ - [igzemplufay] - ex•em•pli•fy

We found 11 definitions of exemplify from 6 different sources.

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What does exemplify mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Verb

exemplifies, exemplifying, exemplified  

exemplify - clarify by giving an example of
  illustrate, instance
  expatiate, lucubrate, dilate, exposit, expound, flesh out, elaborate, enlarge, expand become wider; "His pupils were dilated"
exemplify - be characteristic of; "This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue"
  represent
  embody, personify, be represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • exemplify (Verb)
    To show or illustrate by example.
  • exemplify (Verb)
    To be an instance of or serve as an example.
  • exemplify (Verb)
    To make an attested copy or transcript of a document under seal.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • exemplify (v. t.)
    To show or illustrate by example.
  • exemplify (v. t.)
    To copy; to transcribe; to make an attested copy or transcript of, under seal, as of a record.
  • exemplify (v. t.)
    To prove or show by an attested copy.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • exemplify
    To show or illustrate by example.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • exemplify
    egz-em′pli-fī, v.t. to illustrate by example: to make an attested copy of: to prove by an attested copy:—pr.p. exem′plifying; pa.p. exem′plified.adj. Exem′plifīable.—n. Exemplificā′tion, act of exemplifying: that which exemplifies: a copy or transcript. [L. exemplum, example, facĕre, to make.]

Part of speech

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  • exemplify, verb, present, 1st person singular of exemplify (infinitive).
  • exemplify, verb (infinitive).

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