Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb exemplify

2 senses of exemplify

Sense 1
exemplify, represent -- (be characteristic of; "This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue")
       => embody, be, personify -- (represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet")

Sense 2
exemplify, illustrate, instance -- (clarify by giving an example of)
       => elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate -- (add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation")