To give an example to; to instruct by example. Also, to model (something, oneself) by, upon.

transitive. To set or afford a good example to (a person); to teach by example. Also intransitive. Obsolete.

transitive. To be a pattern, example, or precedent for; to prefigure. Obsolete.

To set an example to. Obsolete.

To be or furnish the pattern or model for.

transitive. Social Psychology. To exemplify (a mode of behaviour) unconsciously or deliberately, so as to elicit the same behaviour in another…