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4. That which is to be avoided; one selected for punishment and to serve as a warning; a warning.

Hang him; he'll be made an example.

Shak.

Now these things were our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

1 Cor. x. 6.

5. An instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept, especially a problem to be solved, or a case to be determined, as an exercise in the application of the rules of any study or branch of science; as, in trigonometry and grammar, the principles and rules are illustrated by examples.

Syn. -- Precedent; case; instance. -- Example, Instance. The discrimination to be made between these two words relates to cases in which we give "instances" or "examples" of things done. An instance denotes the single case then "standing" before us; if there be others like it, the word does not express this fact. On the contrary, an example is one of an entire class of like things, and should be a true representative or sample of that class. Hence, an example proves a rule or regular course of things; an instance simply points out what may be true only in the case presented. A man's life may be filled up with examples of the self-command and kindness which marked his character, and may present only a solitary instance of haste or severity. Hence, the word "example" should never be used to describe what stands singly and alone. We do, however, sometimes apply the word instance to what is really an example, because we are not thinking of the latter under this aspect, but solely as a case which "stands before us." See Precedent.

Ex*am"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exampled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exampling (?).] To set an example for; to give a precedent for; to exemplify; to give an instance of; to instance. [Obs.] "I may example my digression by some mighty precedent." Shak.

Burke devoted himself to this duty with a fervid assiduity that has not often been exampled, and has never been surpassed.

J. Morley.

Ex*am"ple*less (?), a. Without or above example. [R.]

Ex*am"pler (?), n. [See Exemplar, Example, and cf. Sampler.] A pattern; an exemplar. [Obs.]

Ex*am"pless (?), a. Exampleless. [Wrongly formed.] B. Jonson.

Ex*an"gui*ous (?), a. Bloodless. [Obs.] See Exsanguious. Sir T. Browne.

Ex*an"gu*lous (?), a. [Pref ex- + angulous.] Having no corners; without angles. [R.]

Ex*an"i*mate (?), a. [L. exanimatus, p. p. of exanimare to deprive of life or spirit; ex out + anima air, breath, life, spirit.] 1. Lifeless; dead. [R.] "Carcasses exanimate." Spenser.

2. Destitute of animation; spiritless; disheartened. [R.] "Pale . . . wretch, exanimate by love." Thomson.

Ex*an"i*mate (?), v. t. To deprive of animation or of life. [Obs.]

Ex*an`i*ma"tion (?), n.[L. exanimatio.] Deprivation of life or of spirits. [R.] Bailey.

Ex*an"i*mous (?), a. [L. exanimus, exanimis; ex out, without + anima life.] Lifeless; dead. [Obs.] Johnson.

Ex*an"nu*late (?), a. [Pref. ex- + annulate.] (Bot.) Having the sporangium destitute of a ring; -- said of certain genera of ferns.

Ex*an"them (?), n. Same as Exanthema.

||Ex`an*the"ma (?), n.; pl. Exanthemata (#). [L., fr. Gr.&?;, fr.&?; to burst forth as flowers, break out, as ulcers; &?;, &?;, out + 'anqei^n to bloom, 'a`nqos flower: cf. F. exanthème.] (Med.) An efflorescence or discoloration of the skin; an eruption or breaking out, as in measles, smallpox, scarlatina, and the like diseases; -- sometimes limited to eruptions attended with fever. Dunglison.

{ Ex*an`the*mat"ic (?), Ex`an*them"a*tous (?), } a. Of, relating to, or characterized by, exanthema; efflorescent; as, an exanthematous eruption.

||Ex`an*the"sis (?), n. [NL., from Gr. &?; . See Exanthema. ] (Med.) An eruption of the skin; cutaneous efflorescence.

Ex*ant"late (?), v. t. [L. exantlatus, p. p. of exantlare, exanclare, to endure.] To exhaust or wear out. [Obs.] "Seeds . . . wearied or exantlated." Boyle.

Ex`ant*la"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. exantlation.] Act of drawing out ; exhaustion. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Ex"a*rate (?), v. t. [L. exaratus, p. p. of exarare to plow up, to write; ex out + arare to plow.] To plow up; also, to engrave; to write. [Obs.] Blount.