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Antonyms for exemplify

Grammar : Verb
Spell : ig-zem-pluh-fahy
Phonetic Transcription : ɪgˈzɛm pləˌfaɪ


Definition of exemplify

Origin :
  • early 15c., "to illustrate by examples, to instruct by (good) example," from Medieval Latin exemplificare "to illustrate," from Latin exemplum (see example). Meaning "to serve as an example" is recorded from 1793. Related: Exemplified; exemplifies; exemplifying.
  • verb serve as an example
Example sentences :
  • If he succeeds, he will, of course, exemplify the wisdom of having two strings to his bow.
  • Extract from : « Great Astronomers » by R. S. Ball
  • To the sound ou he prefixes an e (hard to exemplify otherwise than orally).
  • Extract from : « The Biglow Papers » by James Russell Lowell
  • France has a right to exemplify the Jacquard in its fulness, for it is hers.
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 » by Various
  • Truly they exemplify the old proverb, "Some must sow, that others may reap."
  • Extract from : « Little Folks (July 1884) » by Various
  • In No. 88, the eaglets also exemplify the disposition of charges upon a Bend.
  • Extract from : « The Handbook to English Heraldry » by Charles Boutell
  • Every thing serves to exemplify, to illustrate man's misery.
  • Extract from : « Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions » by John Donne
  • At the utmost they do but exemplify the aphorism, "Knowledge is power."
  • Extract from : « Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) » by John Henry Newman
  • He then- 97 - goes on to exemplify the survival of the fittest, though in other words.
  • Extract from : « Life of Charles Darwin » by G. T. (George Thomas) Bettany
  • A story of my friend's, which was received with incredulous laughter, will exemplify this.
  • Extract from : « Spinifex and Sand » by David W Carnegie
  • Zurich and Zwingle were to exemplify this mournful lesson of history.
  • Extract from : « History of the Great Reformation, Volume IV » by J. H. Merle D'Aubign

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