exemplify Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb be characteristic of
    represent.
    • This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue
  2. verb clarify by giving an example of
    instance; illustrate.

WordNet

Ex*em"pli*fy transitive verb
Etymology
L. exemplum example + -fy: cf. LL. exemplificare to copy, serve as an example.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Exemplified ; present participle & verbal noun Exemplifying
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913