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exemplarise

/ɪɡˌzɛm.pləˈraɪz/

exemplarise verb: to make (something) exemplary; to illustrate or illustrate by example: To exemplarise a principle is to set it forth in a way that others can follow.

Verb

exemplarise (third-person singular simple present exemplarises, present participle exemplarising, simple past and past participle exemplarised)

  1. To make (something) exemplary; to illustrate or illustrate by example: To exemplarise a principle is to set it forth in a way that others can follow.
    • The life which is awaiting us is destined to be of importance not only to ourselves, but also to humanity at large, in that we, in that life, shall be for the first time exemplarising the sex attitude wherein all the ideas of the future on the subject are to find substantiation.1926, Leo N. Tolstoy, translated by Mrs. Lydia Turin, Mrs. H. M. Lucas, and C. J. Hogarth, Stories & Dramas, London and Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., translation of original in Russian, page 208
    • There’s evidence here to suggest that one needs to reconsider the readership of these poens, to see the audience as situated in relatively educated and literarily knowing contexts, ones prepared to read romance in the manner conventional in its great tradition, as exemplarising narrative addressing...2005 July, Ralph Hanna, London Literature, 1300-1380, Cambridge University Press, page 116

Forms of exemplarise

third-person singular presentexemplarises
present participleexemplarising
past participleexemplarised
pastexemplarised
alternative USexemplarize

Origin of exemplarise

From exemplar + -ise.

Questions about exemplarise

What does exemplarise mean?
Exemplarise means to make (something) exemplary; to illustrate or illustrate by example: To exemplarise a principle is to set it forth in a way that others can follow.
What part of speech is exemplarise?
Exemplarise is a verb.
How do you pronounce exemplarise?
Exemplarise is pronounced /ɪɡˌzɛm.pləˈraɪz/.
What is the past tense of exemplarise?
The past tense of exemplarise is exemplarised.

Words near exemplarise in the dictionary

  1. exemplares
  2. exemplaric
  3. exemplaries
  4. exemplarily
  5. exemplariness
  6. exemplarise
  7. exemplarised
  8. exemplarises
  9. exemplarising
  10. exemplarities
  11. exemplarity

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