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exemplificating

exemplificating is the present participle and gerund of exemplificate.

Meaning of exemplificate

Verb

exemplificate (third-person singular simple present exemplificates, present participle exemplificating, simple past and past participle exemplificated)

  1. (ambitransitive, nonstandard, chiefly non-native speakers' English) To exemplify.
    • For better comprehension I'll exemplificate the flaming character with a couple of example names (note that a same name can belong to two or more categories).1993 March 4, Moana Lombardi, “flamers taxonomy”, in alt.flame (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Jul 2026

Questions about exemplificating

What is exemplificating the present participle and gerund of?
Exemplificating is the present participle and gerund of exemplificate.

Words near exemplificating in the dictionary

  1. exempli gratia
  2. exemplifiable
  3. exemplificate
  4. exemplificated
  5. exemplificates
  6. exemplificating
  7. exemplification
  8. exemplificational
  9. exemplifications
  10. exemplificative
  11. exemplificator

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Adapted from Wiktionary: exemplificating (page history and authors); exemplificate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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