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单词 exemplifying
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exemplifyingn.

Brit. /ᵻɡˈzɛmplᵻfʌɪɪŋ/, /ɛɡˈzɛmplᵻfʌɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ɪɡˈzɛmpləˌfaɪɪŋ/, /ɛɡˈzɛmpləˌfaɪɪŋ/
Forms: see exemplify v. and -ing suffix1; also 1500s examplyfyenge.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: exemplify v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < exemplify v. + -ing suffix1. Compare earlier exemplification n.
Now rare.
The action, process, or fact of illustrating or clarifying by example, or with an example. Also: an instance of this; an exemplification.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > [noun] > exemplifying some rule, activity, quality, etc. > action of exemplifying or instantiating
forbyseninga1400
examplingc1443
exemplification1450
exemplifying1519
illustration1581
instantiation1949
1519 D. James tr. Catherine of Siena Orcharde of Syon (de Worde) i. iii. sig. b.iiiv Not onely..prayer, but also techynge and examplyfyenge of a ryght holy & honeste lyfe.
1647 H. Hammond Of Power of Keyes i. 2 An exemplifying of that glorious truth..that Christ came..to save that that was lost.
1671 O. Heywood Closet-prayer iii. 92 They have the exemplifying of it [sc. prayer] in a Precedent.
1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I. (at cited word) An exemplifying [illustrating] Expositio vel illustratio exemplis.
1889 Educ. Jrnl. Virginia Apr. 159 Now as to the exemplifying... The teacher must be ready with examples.
1917 C. F. Nolloth Rise Christian Relig. 301 The mission of Christ is represented as the exemplifying of a life of consummate..obedience.
2006 Philosophy 81 573 It can only be the instancing or exemplifying of a property..and not some new..type of the property in question.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

exemplifyingadj.

Brit. /ᵻɡˈzɛmplᵻfʌɪɪŋ/, /ɛɡˈzɛmplᵻfʌɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ɪɡˈzɛmpləˌfaɪɪŋ/, /ɛɡˈzɛmpləˌfaɪɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: exemplify v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < exemplify v. + -ing suffix2.
Now rare.
That illustrates or clarifies by example, or with an example.
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1665 E. Cocker England's Pen-man (title page) Containing all the hands used in Great Britain..and Italian letters, with the exemplifying court-hand.
1827 W. Hone Table Bk. I. 778/2 Dr. Sigmond's own work..[has been] withdrawn from publication. This circumstance..may render an exemplifying extract from it agreeable.
1887 Inter Ocean Curiosity Shop 1886 10/2 His [sc. Dr. Murray's] request was that persons interested would..make notes of all unusual words,..these to be written on slips with exemplifying quotations.
1903 Pennsylvania Med. Jrnl. 6 386/2 The resulting scar is so insignificant as to act..as an exemplifying proof..that the operation ordeal was ‘nothing worth speaking of’.
2010 C. R. Hoffmann Narr. Revisited 150 A political narrative fulfils an exemplifying function if it deals with a single individual whose actions or utterances serve as an instance of a point the narrator intends to make.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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