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noun

Exemplification n.

The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.

That which exemplifies; a case in point; example.

(Law) A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original.

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Etymology of 'Exemplification'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Exemplification" Quotes from Famous Books

... striking and attractive exemplification of such a growth, in the unfolding of a romantic passage of Maryland history, of which no annalist has ever given more than an ambiguous and meagre hint. It refers to a deed of bloodshed, of which the only trace that was not obliterated ...

— Atlantic Monthly Vol. 6, No. 33, July, 1860 • Various

... An important exemplification of these physiological principles is found in the charm of symmetry. When for any reason the eye is to be habitually directed to a single point, as to the opening of a gate or window, to an altar, a throne, a stage, or a fireplace, there will be violence and distraction ...

— The Sense of Beauty - Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory • George Santayana

... retributive energy of God's righteousness. Here and now His judgment on the whole slumbers. The consequences of our deeds are inherited, indeed, in many a merciful sorrow, in many a paternal chastisement, in many a partial exemplification of the wages of sin as death. But the harvest is not fully grown nor ripened yet; it is not reaped in all its extent; the bitter bread is not baked and eaten as it will have to be. Nor are men's consciences so awakened ...

— Expositions Of Holy Scripture - Volume I: St. Luke, Chaps. I to XII • Alexander Maclaren

... historian, Claretie the dramatist, and Claretie the art-critic, we think his novels conserve a precious and inexhaustible mine for the Faguets and Lansons of the twentieth century, who, while frequently utilizing him for the exemplification of the art of fiction, will salute him as "Le ...

— Serge Panine • Georges Ohnet

... and Lady Isabel was in her bed, dying. You remember the old French saying, L'homme propose, et Dieu dispose. An exemplification of it ...

— East Lynne • Mrs. Henry Wood

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