'Exemplify' definitions:
Definition of 'exemplify'
(from WordNet)
verb
Be characteristic of; "This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue" [syn: exemplify, represent]
verb
Clarify by giving an example of [syn: exemplify, illustrate, instance]
Definition of 'Exemplify'
From: GCIDE
- Exemplify \Ex*em"pli*fy\v. 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]
Synonyms of 'exemplify'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- emblematize,
- embody,
- enlighten,
- epitomize,
- euhemerize,
- example,
- except,
- excuse,
- exempt,
- exhibit,
- explain,
- explain away,
- explicate,
- exposit,
- expound,
- figure,
- fit the pattern,
- foreshadow,
- free,
- give a for-instance,
- give reason for,
- give the meaning,
- illuminate,
- illustrate,
- image,
- impersonate,
- incarnate,
- instance,
- itemize,
- lead the way,
- let off,
- make clear,
- make plain,
- mirror,
- model,
- name,
- particularize,
- personate,
- personify,
- popularize,
- prefigure,
- pretypify,
- project,
- quote,
- rationalize,
- realize,
- reflect,
- relieve,
- represent,
- set an example,
- set the pace,
- shadow,
- shadow forth,
- shed light upon,
- show,
- show how,
- show the way,
- simplify,
- solve,
- spare,
- spell out,
- symbolize,
- throw light upon,
- typify,
- unfold,
- unlock,
- unravel