exemplify
/ɪɡˈzempləˌfaɪ/ig-ZEM-pluh-figh
/ɪɡˈzɛmpləˌfaɪ/ig-ZEM-pluh-figh
Meaningto make a model of
Common meaning: to be a typical case of
- exempla sample, modelLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 682 · scan
- ifyverb ending: to make
Journey through time
- Latinexemplum, -ī‘a sample, model’
- Frenchexemplifier
- Englishexemplify‘to be a typical case of’ · today
exempl also in: exemplary
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin exemplum ‘a sample, model’.
Roots
- exemplum, -ī Latin “a sample, model”
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