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exemplification
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Exemplification \Ex*em`pli*fi*ca"tion\, n. The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example. That which exemplifies; a case in point; example. (Law) A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrate by example. 2 That which exemplifies; a case in point; example. 3 (context legal English) A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. showing by example [syn: illustration ] a representational or typifying form or model [syn: typification ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Exemplification , in the philosophy of language, is a mode of symbolization characterized by the relation between a sample and what it refers to.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., from Anglo-French exemplification , from Medieval Latin exemplificationem (nominative exemplificatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of exemplificare "to illustrate" (see exemplify ). Holinshed had a back-formation exemplificate .
Usage examples of exemplification.
Constitutional coward as the little man was, he infinitely preferred to face the certain hardships and great risks and dangers of such an expedition as ours, than to expose himself, notwithstanding his intense longing for his native land, to the possible scrutiny of a police officer -- which is after all only another exemplification of the truth that, to the majority of men, a far-off foreseen danger, however shadowy, is much more terrible than the most serious present emergency.
If I should seek an exemplification of this in the person of any of my Teacups, I should find it most readily in the one whom I have called Number Seven, the one with the squinting brain.