To be a perfect or typical example of something; to demonstrate or illustrate clearly.
From Latin exemplum (example) plus the verb-forming suffix -ify (to make). The word entered English through Old French in the 14th century, originally meaning 'to show or exhibit by example.'
When Marie Curie exemplified scientific dedication, she didn't just do great work—she became the definition of persistence for countless future scientists. Words like this show how humans understand abstract ideas through concrete people and things.
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