Definition of example

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Example (n.) That which is to be followed or imitated as a model; a pattern or copy.

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Exemplarily :: Exemplarily (adv.) In a manner fitted or designed to be an example for imitation or for warning; by way of example.
Amphipoda :: Amphipoda (n. pl.) A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca..
Exampless :: Exampless (a.) Exampleless. [Wrongly formed..
Cycadaceous :: Cycadaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants like the palms, but having exogenous wood. The sago palm is an example..
Magnoliaceous :: Magnoliaceous (a.) Pertaining to a natural order (Magnoliaceae) of trees of which the magnolia, the tulip tree, and the star anise are examples..
Paradigm :: Paradigm (n.) An example of a conjugation or declension, showing a word in all its different forms of inflection..
Copy :: Copy (n.) That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example; as, his virtues are an excellent copy for imitation..
Pattern :: Pattern (n.) A part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample; an example; an instance.
Example :: Example (n.) That which is to be followed or imitated as a model; a pattern or copy.
Basidium :: Basidium (n.) A special oblong or pyriform cell, with slender branches, which bears the spores in that division of fungi called Basidiomycetes, of which the common mushroom is an example..
Littorina :: Littorina (n.) A genus of small pectinibranch mollusks, having thick spiral shells, abundant between tides on nearly all rocky seacoasts. They feed on seaweeds. The common periwinkle is a well-known example. See Periwinkle..
Cupuliferous :: Cupuliferous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the oak and the chestnut are examples, -- trees bearing a smooth, solid nut inclosed in some kind of cup or bur; bearing, or furnished with, a cupule..
Instance :: Instance (n.) That which offers itself or is offered as an illustrative case; something cited in proof or exemplification; a case occurring; an example.
Praxis :: Praxis (n.) An example or form of exercise, or a collection of such examples, for practice..
Bromeliaceous :: Bromeliaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a family of endogenous and mostly epiphytic or saxicolous plants of which the genera Tillandsia and Billbergia are examples. The pineapple, though terrestrial, is also of this family..
Cucurbitaceous :: Cucurbitaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants of which the cucumber, melon, and gourd are common examples..
Narcotic :: Narcotic (n.) A drug which, in medicinal doses, generally allays morbid susceptibility, relieves pain, and produces sleep; but which, in poisonous doses, produces stupor, coma, or convulsions, and, when given in sufficient quantity, causes death. The best examples are opium (with morphine), belladonna (with atropine), and conium..
Emulous :: Emulous (a.) Ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another; eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence with another; -- with of; as, emulous of another's example or virtues..
Moralize :: Moralize (v. t.) To furnish with moral lessons, teachings, or examples; to lend a moral to..
Traduce :: Traduce (v. t.) To represent; to exhibit; to display; to expose; to make an example of.
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