exemplify

  • 11exemplify — 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… …

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  • 12exemplify — /əgˈzɛmpləfaɪ / (say uhg zempluhfuy), /ɛg / (say eg ) verb (t) (exemplified, exemplifying) 1. to show or illustrate by example. 2. to furnish, or serve as, an example of: * You have not become this, and he waved his hands around to indicate the… …

  • 13exemplify — transitive verb ( fied; fying) Etymology: Middle English exemplifien, from Anglo French exemplifier, from Medieval Latin exemplificare, from Latin exemplum Date: 15th century 1. to show or illustrate by example < anecdotes exemplifying those&#8230; …

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  • 14exemplify — verb /ɛɡˈzɛmplɪfaɪ,ɪɡˈzɛmplɪfaɪ/ a) To show or illustrate by example. b) To be an instance of or serve as an example …

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  • 15exemplify — verb ADVERB ▪ clearly, perfectly, well …

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  • 16exemplify — Synonyms and related words: absolve, account for, adumbrate, allegorize, body forth, call to mind, cite, cite a particular, clarify, clear up, crack, decipher, demonstrate, demythologize, depict, discharge, dispense, display, document, elucidate …

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  • 17exemplify — ex|em|pli|fy [ıgˈzemplıfaı] v past tense and past participle exemplified present participle exemplifying third person singular exemplifies [T] formal [Date: 1400 1500; : Medieval Latin; Origin: exemplificare, from Latin exemplum; EXAMPLE] 1.) to&#8230; …

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  • 18exemplify — [[t]ɪgze̱mplɪfaɪ[/t]] exemplifies, exemplifying, exemplified VERB If a person or thing exemplifies something such as a situation, quality, or class of things, they are a typical example of it. [FORMAL] [V n] The room s style exemplifies Conran s&#8230; …

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  • 19exemplify — ex·em·pli·fy || ɪg zemplɪfaɪ v. illustrate, serve as an example …

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  • 20exemplify — [ɪg zɛmplɪfʌɪ, ɛg ] verb (exemplifies, exemplifying, exemplified) be or give a typical example of. Derivatives exemplification fɪ keɪʃ(ə)n noun …

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