Obs. rare. [f. late L. exemplāt-, ppl. stem of exemplāre ‘to example’ (in various senses), f. exemplum EXAMPLE.] trans. To show by examples.
c. 1601. W. Watson, Decacordon (1602), 193. Might it be without offence to exemplate out of Parsons Philopater, by what meanes the change of religion came, I could [etc.].
