exemplarize
/ɪɡˌzɛm.pləˈraɪz/
exemplarize verb: to make (something) exemplary; to illustrate or illustrate by example: To exemplarize a principle is to set it forth in a way that others can follow.
Verb
exemplarize (third-person singular simple present exemplarizes, present participle exemplarizing, simple past and past participle exemplarized)
- To make (something) exemplary; to illustrate or illustrate by example: To exemplarize a principle is to set it forth in a way that others can follow.
- To exemplarize unto us how that spirituall and heavenly employments should bee a refreshing unto us in comparison of earthly imployments; and so farre wee were capable of wearisomnes, even in innocency, at to have found other manner of refreshment in divine and spirituall things then in worldly...1641, George Abbot, An Answer to Two Treatises of Master Broads., London, page 43
- We may exemplarize the effects of this estimate of one of human nature's infirmities—that of indolence.1846 September, “Commercial Estimates of Human Nature”, in the Illustrated Family Magazine, volume IV, number III, page 111
Forms of exemplarize
| third-person singular present | exemplarizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | exemplarizing |
| past participle | exemplarized |
| past | exemplarized |
| alternative UK | exemplarise |
Origin of exemplarize
From exemplar + -ize.
Questions about exemplarize
- What does exemplarize mean?
- Exemplarize means to make (something) exemplary; to illustrate or illustrate by example: To exemplarize a principle is to set it forth in a way that others can follow.
- What part of speech is exemplarize?
- Exemplarize is a verb.
- How do you pronounce exemplarize?
- Exemplarize is pronounced /ɪɡˌzɛm.pləˈraɪz/.
- What is the past tense of exemplarize?
- The past tense of exemplarize is exemplarized.
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