"exemplify" meaning in English

See exemplify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɛɡˈzɛmplɪfaɪ/, /ɪɡˈzɛmplɪfaɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-exemplify.wav Forms: exemplifies [present, singular, third-person], exemplifying [participle, present], exemplified [participle, past], exemplified [past]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin exemplificare, from Latin exemplum (“example”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ML.|exemplificare}} Medieval Latin exemplificare, {{der|en|la|exemplum|t=example}} Latin exemplum (“example”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} exemplify (third-person singular simple present exemplifies, present participle exemplifying, simple past and past participle exemplified)
  1. (transitive) To show or illustrate by example. Tags: transitive Translations (to show or illustrate by example): илюстрирам с пример (iljustriram s primer) (Bulgarian), exemplificar (Catalan), 举例说明 (Chinese Mandarin), eksemplificere (Danish), lýsa við dømum (Faroese), geva dømi um (Faroese), exemplifier (French), illustrer (French), exemplifizieren (German), veranschaulichen (German), esemplificare (Italian), whakatauira (Maori), egzemplifikować (Polish), exemplificar (Portuguese), ejemplificar (Spanish), exemplifiera (Swedish), örnek olma (Turkish)
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  2. (transitive) To be an instance of or serve as an example. Tags: transitive Translations (to serve as an example of): exemplificar (Catalan), eksemplificere (Danish), példáz (Hungarian), whakatauira (Maori)
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  3. (transitive) To make an attested copy or transcript of (a document) under seal. Tags: transitive
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  4. (transitive) To prove by such an attested copy or transcript. Tags: transitive
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: exemplifie

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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