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exemplarises

exemplarises is the third-person singular simple present indicative of exemplarise.

Meaning of exemplarise

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

Questions about exemplarises

What is exemplarises the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Exemplarises is the third-person singular simple present indicative of exemplarise.

Words near exemplarises in the dictionary

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

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