esemplificare
to exemplify
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Origin: From Latin exemplum (example) + -ficare (to make).
Also means
to illustrate
Usage Note
Esemplificare is a formal verb meaning to show by example. It follows regular -are conjugation. In academic and instructional writing it is common; in conversation mostrare con un esempio is the everyday alternative. The derived noun is esemplificazione (f).
Examples
"Il professore esemplificò il concetto con un grafico."
Natural Translation
The professor exemplified the concept with a graph.
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