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exemplification|ɛgˌzɛmplɪfɪˈkeɪʃən|
[a. AF. exemplification, ad. med.L. exemplificātiōn-em, n. of action f. exemplificāre: see exemplify.]
1. The action of exemplifying; showing or illustrating by example; an instance of this. in exemplification of: so as to exemplify.
1548Hall Chron. Hen. VIII. an. 22 For the more exemplification of the same, he sent the Lorde de Roche with letters of credence. 1631Gouge God's Arrows iii. §1. 179 Before the particular exemplification of the foresaid promise, the Issue thereof is inserted. 1779–81Johnson L.P., Addison Wks. III. 87 The mention of another like consequence from a like cause..is not a simile, but an exemplification. 1809Coleridge Friend (1865) 20 So much in proof and exemplification of the probable expediency of pious deception. 1864Burton Scot Abr. II. i. 60 In exemplification of some of the recondite principles laid down.
2. That which exemplifies, or serves as an illustration of a law, general principle, statement, etc.
1582G. Martin in Fulke's Defence (1843) 490 As is plain by the exemplification immediately following, of king, and dukes, and other sent or appointed by him. 1650C. Elderfield Tythes 310 Let thy life be..a counterpart or exemplification of thy book of religion. 1798Malthus Popul. (1817) I. 52 An exemplification of the obvious truth, that population cannot increase without the food to support it. 1865Grote Plato I. ii. 379 Particular exemplifications of the Beautiful, substituted in place of the general concept.
3. An attested copy or transcript of a record, deed, etc.
[1382Act 1 Rich. II, c. 4 Quodque exemplificaciones illæ..ejusdem sint vigoris..sicut..munimenta illa forent. 1429Act 8 Hen. VI, c. 12 Saunz ascun rasure en une mesme lieu en mesme lexemplification & lenrollement.] 1542–3Act 34–5 Hen. VIII, c. 27 §39 Euery exemplificacion vpon any recorde..shall be sealed with the Kinges iudiciall seale. 1653in Somers Tracts (1795) II. 538 To the Masters of the Chancery for examining every Skin of an Exemplification of a Record. 1767T. Hutchinson Hist. Coll. Mass. II. 212 An exemplification of Burgess's commission was obtained. 1884Roscoe's Law of Evidence (ed. 15) 91 An exemplification produced from the proper custody..is evidence.
†4. ? A setting forth at length. Obs.
1588J. H[arvey] Disc. Probleme 54 But which of them were the originall record of the maker, or phantastical exemplification of the writer..it is to little purpose to know.
Hence eˌxemplifiˈcational a., of or pertaining to exemplification.
1826Bentham in Westm. Rev. V. 498 Case to which the exemplificational [shape of a code] more particularly applies, that of an as yet only proposed code. |