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exemplify /ɪɡˈzɛmplɪfʌɪ / /ɛɡˈzɛmplɪfʌɪ/verb (exemplifies, exemplifying, exemplified) [with object]1Be a typical example of: the best dry sherry is exemplified by the fino of Jerez...- Our industry is one steeped in parts and details, and the current crop of specifications exemplifies such.
- The special award, presented posthumously, exemplifies the spirit of Muskingum College.
- It's a great Australian and human story exemplifying the antithesis of current Coalition values.
Synonyms typify, epitomize, be a typical example of, serve as a typical example of, represent, be representative of, symbolize; personify, embody, be the embodiment of; demonstrate, show 2Illustrate or clarify by giving an example: he exemplified his point with an anecdote...- This poignant illustration of devastated motherhood exemplifies the problematics of literalizing Beloved on screen.
- This study illustrates that particular patterns and behaviors exemplifying the relationship work of generative fathering can be found in narrative accounts told by fathers of their experiences connecting with children.
- Certainly a better, more timely illustration than one from 1873 could have been chosen to exemplify the primacy and precedence of Sloan's subject matter in American visual culture.
Synonyms illustrate, give an example of, give an instance of, demonstrate, instance rare instantiate Origin Late Middle English: from medieval Latin exemplificare, from Latin exemplum 'sample' (see example). |