<hw>Ex*em"pli*fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Exemplified</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. &. vb. n.</tt> <er>Exemplifying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>exemplum</ets> example + <ets>-fy</ets>: cf. LL. <ets>exemplificare</ets> to copy, serve as an example.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To show or illustrate by example.</def>
<blockquote>He did but . . . <b>exemplify</b> the principles in which he had been brought up. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>To copy; to transcribe; to make an attested copy or transcript of, under seal, as of a record.</def>
<i>Holland.</i>
<p><b>3.</b> <def>To prove or show by an attested copy.</def>
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<hw>Ex*empt"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>exempt</ets>, L. <ets>exemptus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>eximere</ets> to take out, remove, free; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>emere</ets> to buy, take. Cf. <er>Exon</er>, <er>Redeem</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Cut off; set apart.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<blockquote>Corrupted, and <b>exempt</b> from ancient gentry. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Extraordinary; exceptional.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Chapman.</i>
<p><b>3.</b> <def>Free, or released, from some liability to which others are subject; excepted from the operation or burden of some law; released; free; clear; privileged; -- (with <i>from</i>): not subject to; not liable to; <as>as, goods <ex>exempt</ex> from execution; a person <ex>exempt</ex> from jury service.</as></def>
<blockquote>True nobility is <b>exempt</b> from fear. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>
<blockquote>T is laid on all, not any one <b>exempt</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>
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<hw>Ex*empt"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One exempted or freed from duty; one not subject.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an Exon.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>
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<hw>Ex*empt"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Exempted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Exempting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>exempter</ets>. See <er>Exempt</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>To remove; to set apart.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Holland.</i>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>To release or deliver from some liability which others are subject to; to except or excuse from he operation of a law; to grant immunity to; to free from obligation; to release; <as>as, to <ex>exempt</ex> from military duty, or from jury service; to <ex>exempt</ex> from fear or pain.</as></def>
<blockquote>Death So snatched will not <b>exempt</b> us from the pain We are by doom to pay. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>
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<hw>Ex*empt"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That may be exempted.</def>
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<hw>Ex*emp"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exenptio</ets> a removing: cf. F. <ets>exemption</ets> exemption.]</ety> <def>The act of exempting; the state of being exempt; freedom from any charge, burden, evil, etc., to which others are subject; immunity; privilege; <as>as, <ex>exemption</ex> of certain articles from seizure; <ex>exemption</ex> from military service; <ex>exemption</ex> from anxiety, suffering, etc.</as></def>
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<hw>Ex`emp*ti"tious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Separable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Exemptitious</i> from matter."
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