exemplifying

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

exemplifying
    adj 1: clarifying by use of examples [syn: {exemplifying},
           {illustrative}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

exemplifying \exemplifying\ adj.
   1. clarifying by use of examples.

   Syn: illustrative.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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            He did but . . . exemplify the principles in which
            he had been brought up.               --Cowper.
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   2. To copy; to transcribe; to make an attested copy or
      transcript of, under seal, as of a record. --Holland.
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   3. To prove or show by an attested copy.
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