exemplifiableadj.
/ᵻɡˈzɛmplᵻfʌɪəbl/, /ɛɡˈzɛmplᵻfʌɪəbl/, /ᵻɡˌzɛmplᵻˈfʌɪəbl/, /ɛɡˌzɛmplᵻˈfʌɪəbl/, U.S. /ɪɡˈzɛmpləˌfaɪəbəl/, /ɛɡˈzɛmpləˌfaɪəbəl/, /ɪɡˌzɛmpləˈfaɪəbəl/, /ɛɡˌzɛmpləˈfaɪəbəl/ That may be exemplified (in various senses of the verb); (now) esp. of which an example or examples may be cited as evidence or for the purpose of illustration.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > [adjective] > of or relating to exemplification > that may be exemplified
instanceable1641
exemplifiable1650
exemplified1790
illustratable1887
1650 tr. Nicholas of Cusa Idiot ii. 46 The absolute samplar is equality, precision, measure, or justice, which is the same thing, truth and goodnesse, which is the perfection of all exemplifiable things [L. omnia exemplabilia].
1808 S. T. Coleridge Marginalia (1984) II. 1126 The psychological cause is easily stated, and copiously exemplifiable.
1869 H. F. Goblet Theory of Sight 160 The trial of skill may probably refer to the combinative capabilities of lines, exemplifiable under a high degree of delicacy in the aggregation and allocation of quantity.
1958 Jrnl. Philos. 55 869 Our conceptual acts of thinking of something existible or exemplifiable.
2002 S. J. Gould Struct. Evolutionary Theory xii. 1338 An oddly paradoxical situation, exemplifiable in four statements.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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