Other forms: exemplified, exemplifies, exemplifying
To exemplify is to be a clear example of something. Exemplify the problem, exemplified by the case, exemplify the style.
It is nearly always passive in writing, and it means being an instance rather than choosing to demonstrate. In law an exemplified copy is a certified official one, which is a separate and technical sense.
1verbexemplifyTo be a clear example of something.
“This small church exemplifies the simple style of building found across the region.”
exemplify is a illustrating.
Medieval Latin exemplificare comes from exemplum, an example.
Latin
exemplum — example
Medieval Latin
exemplificō
Middle French
exemplifier
Middle English
exemplifien
English, today
exemplify
From Middle English exemplifien, from Middle French exemplifier and its etymon Medieval Latin exemplificō, from Latin exemplum (“example”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA