'Exemplifying' definitions:
Definition of 'exemplifying'
From: WordNet
adjective
Clarifying by use of examples [syn: exemplifying, illustrative]
Definition of 'Exemplifying'
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]
Definition of 'exemplifying'
From: GCIDE
- exemplifying \exemplifying\ adj.
- 1. clarifying by use of examples.
- Syn: illustrative. [WordNet 1.5]