exemplify — exemplify, illustrate are comparable when they mean to use in speaking or writing concrete instances or cases to make clear something which is difficult, abstract, general, or remote from experience or to serve as an instance, case, or… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
exemplify — early 15c., to illustrate by examples, to instruct by (good) example, from M.L. exemplificare to illustrate, from L. exemplum (see EXAMPLE (Cf. example)). Meaning to serve as an example is recorded from 1793. Related: Exemplified; exemplifies;… … Etymology dictionary
exemplify — [v] serve as an example body, cite, clarify, clear up, demonstrate, depict, display, elucidate, emblematize, embody, enlighten, epitomize, evidence, exhibit, illuminate, illustrate, instance, manifest, mirror, personify, quote, represent, show,… … New thesaurus
exemplify — ► VERB (exemplifies, exemplified) ▪ be or give a typical example of. DERIVATIVES exemplification noun … English terms dictionary
exemplify — [eg zem′plə fī΄, igzem′plə fī΄] vt. exemplified, exemplifying [ME exemplifien < OFr exemplifier < ML exemplificare < L exemplum, an example + facere, to make, DO1] 1. to show by example; serve as an example of 2. to make a legally… … English World dictionary
exemplify — UK [ɪɡˈzemplɪfaɪ] / US [ɪɡˈzemplɪˌfaɪ] verb [transitive] Word forms exemplify : present tense I/you/we/they exemplify he/she/it exemplifies present participle exemplifying past tense exemplified past participle exemplified a) to be a typical… … English dictionary
exemplify — exemplifiable, adj. exemplifier, n. /ig zem pleuh fuy /, v.t., exemplified, exemplifying. 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… … Universalium
exemplify — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. typify; illustrate, explain, quote. See conformity. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. illustrate, typify, embody, epitomize; see explain , represent 3 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v.… … English dictionary for students
exemplify — ex|em|pli|fy [ ıg zemplı,faı ] verb transitive to be a typical example of something: The bank s collapse exemplifies the risks of large scale currency dealing. a. to show something using an example: I will exemplify my point with a true story… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
