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I. noun see: redeem Date: 14th century one that serves as a pattern to be imitated or not to be imitated , a punishment inflicted on someone as a warning to others, one (as an item or incident) that is representative of all of a group or type, a parallel or closely similar case especially when serving as a precedent or model, an instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate a rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of a rule, see: instance II. transitive verb (~d; exampling) Date: 15th century to serve as an ~ of, to be or set an ~ to