Be characteristic of.

synonym: represent.

Clarify by giving an example of.

synonyms: illustrate, instance.

Roget 82: conform to, conform to rule; accommodate oneself to, adapt oneself to; rub off corners.    be regular etc. adj.; move in a groove; follow observe the rules, go by the rules, bend to the rules, obey the rules, obey the precedents; comply with, tally with, chime in with, fall in with; be guided by, be regulated by; fall into a custom, fall into a usage; follow the fashion, follow the crowd, follow the multitude; pass muster, do as others do, hurler avec les loups [Fr.]; stand on ceremony; when in Rome do as the Romans do; go with the stream, go with the flow, swim with the stream, swim with the current, swim with the tide, blow with the wind; stick to the beaten track etc. (habit) 613; keep one in countenance.    exemplify, illustrate, cite, quote, quote precedent, quote authority, appeal to authority, put a case; produce an instance etc. n.; elucidate, explain.    ... show more

Roget 522: interpret, explain, define, construe, translate, render; do into, turn into; transfuse the sense of.    find out etc. 480.1 the meaning of, etc. 516 read; spell out, make out; decipher, unravel, disentangle; find the key of, enucleate, resolve, solve; read between the lines.    account for; find the cause, tell the cause of etc. 153; throw light upon, shed light upon, shed new light upon, shed fresh light upon; clear up, clarify, elucidate.    illustrate, exemplify; unfold, expound, comment upon, annotate; popularize etc. (render intelligible) 518.    take in a particular sense, understand in a particular sense, receive in a particular sense, accept in a particular sense; understand by, put a construction on, be given to understand.    ... show more