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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. He did but . . . exemplify the principles in which he had been brought up --Cowper. 2. To copy; to transcribe; to make an attested copy or transcript of under seal, as of a record. --Holland. 3. To prove or show by an attested copy. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: exemplifying adj : clarifying by use of examples [syn: {illustrative}]
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