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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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