Definition of Exemplifying

1. Adjective. Clarifying by use of examples.

Exact synonyms: Illustrative
Similar to: Informative, Informatory
Derivative terms: Illustrate

Definition of Exemplifying

1. Verb. (present participle of exemplify) ¹

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Definition of Exemplifying

1. exemplify [v] - See also: exemplify

Lexicographical Neighbors of Exemplifying

exemplars
exemplary
exemplary damages
exemplative
exemple
exemples
exemplifiable
exemplification
exemplifications
exemplifie
exemplified
exemplifier
exemplifiers
exemplifies
exemplify
exemplifying (current term)
exemplum
exempt
exempted
exemptible
exempting
exemption
exemptions
exemptive
exempts
exenatide
exencephalia
exencephalic
exencephalocele
exencephalous

Literary usage of Exemplifying

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"... Value of stories exemplifying self-control. AP Coville. Home Prog 5:327-31 Mr 46 Sec aleo Children's literature; School libraries Children's theater«. ..."

2. A Treatise on Insanity and Other Disorders Affecting the Mind by James Cowles Prichard (1835)
"Before I proceed to describe the remaining forms of mental derangement, I purpose to lay before my reader the statements of a few select cases exemplifying ..."

3. The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life by Hannah More (1827)
"... visibly manifesting himself to the patriarchs, exemplifying his attributes to their .... exemplifying ..."

4. The Christian Examiner (1836)
"Record of a School: exemplifying the General Principles of Spiritual Culture. Boston : James Munroe & Co. 1835. 12mo. pp. 208. ..."

5. The Ecclesiastical Law by Richard Burn, Robert Phillimore (1842)
"£16 1 10 Attending in the registry, looking up the original will Engrossing, exemplifying and collating the will (y) .. and bespeaking exemplification . ..."

6. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1893)
"Chapters six and seven deal fully with the chief cathedrals of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, particularly as exemplifying the elaborate use of the ..."

7. Notes of a Journey Through Canada, the United States of America, and the by James Logan (1838)
"Loose Morals and Insecurity of Life—Texas, its present condition Anecdotes exemplifying the Corrupt State of the Legislature in the Southern States—Remarks ..."

8. The Methodist Review (1845)
"Chemistry, at exemplifying the Wisdom and Beneficence of God. By GEORGE FOWNES, Ph. D. Chemical Lecturer in the Middlesex Hospital Medical School. ..."

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