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Webster 1913 Edition
Exemplify
Ex-em′pli-fy
Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Exemplify
EXEM'PLIFY
,Verb.
T.
1.
To show or illustrate by example. The life and conversation of our Savior exemplified his doctrines and precepts.2.
To copy; to transcribe; to take an attested copy.3.
To prove or show by an attested copy.