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Vinony

exemplar

noun

  1. perfect example
  2. text used to produce another text
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɛɡˈzɛm.plə/ / /ɪkˈzɛm.plə/ / /ɛɡˈzɛm.plɑɹ/

adj

Etymology: From French exemplaire, and its source, Latin exemplāris. By surface analysis, example + -ar.

  1. Exemplary.

    “In our age we have no patterne of motherly affection more exemplare, than yours.”

noun

Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin exemplar, from Latin exemplum (“example”). Doublet of exemplary.

  1. Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a worthy model or role model: a desirable example.

    “A ray of light amid all this nonsense was Gwyn Topham's piece in the Guardian, which was timely, measured, accurate and of appropriate tone. That this single report stood out so clearly as an exemplar is a scathing comment in itself on the volumes of drivel surrounding it.”

  2. Something typical or representative; an example that typifies its class.
  3. A pattern after which others should be made; an archetype.
  4. A well-known use of a scientific theory.
  5. A manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original document to be reproduced in a copy machine.
  6. A copy of a book or piece of writing.

    “To amend the same [default] according to the true exemplars.”