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: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)