Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Exemplify \Ex*em"pli*fy\v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exemplified}; p.
   pr. &. vb. n. {Exemplifying}.] [L. exemplum example + -fy:
   cf. LL. exemplificare to copy, serve as an example.]
   1. To show or illustrate by example.

            He did but . . . exemplify the principles in which
            he had been brought up.               --Cowper.

   2. To copy; to transcribe; to make an attested copy or
      transcript of, under seal, as of a record. --Holland.

   3. To prove or show by an attested copy.

Source : WordNet®

exemplify
     v 1: be characteristic of; "This compositional style is
          exemplified by this fugue" [syn: {represent}]
     2: clarify by giving an example of [syn: {illustrate}, {instance}]
     [also: {exemplified}]