Meaning of EXEMPLAR
| Pronunciation: | | ig'zemplur
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| | Definition: | | [n] something to be imitated; "an exemplar of success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general" |
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| | Synonyms: | | example, good example, model |
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| | See Also: | | beaut, beauty, ideal, pattern | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Ex*em"plar\, n. [L. exemplar, exemplum: cf. F.
exemplaire. See {Example}, and cf. {Examper}, {Sampler}.]
1. A model, original, or pattern, to be copied or imitated; a
specimen; sometimes; an ideal model or type, as that which
an artist conceives.
Such grand exemplar as make their own abilities the
sole measure of what is fit or unfit. --South.
2. A copy of a book or writing. [Obs.] --Udall.
\Ex*em"plar\, a.
Exemplary. [Obs.]
The exemplar piety of the father of a family. --Jer.
Taylor.
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| | Related Terms: | | archetype, beau ideal, case, case in point, classic, complex idea, demonstration, emblem, eternal object, eternal universal, example, exemplification, explanation, exponent, formal cause, Geistesgeschichte, good example, Hegelian idea, highest category, history of ideas, ideal, idealism, ideate, ideatum, idee-force, illustration, innate idea, instance, Kantian idea, man of men, masterpiece, masterwork, mirror, model, nonpareil, noosphere, noumenon, object lesson, paradigm, paragon, pattern, pattern of perfection, percept, Platonic form, Platonic idea, prototype, quintessence, regulative first principle, relevant instance, representative, shining example, simple idea, soul, standard, subsistent form, symbol, the Absolute, the Absolute Idea, the realized ideal, the Self-determined, transcendent idea, transcendent nonempirical concept, transcendent universal, type, typical example, universal, universal concept, universal essence, very model |
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