ly to
attract the attention. _Palpable_ and _tangible_ express more
emphatically the thought of _manifest_.

Antonyms:

concealed, impalpable, latent, secret, unknown,
covert, impenetrable, obscure, undiscovered, unseen,
dark, imperceptible, occult, unimagined, unthought-of.
hidden, invisible,

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EXAMPLE.

Synonyms:

archetype, ideal, prototype, type,
ensample, model, sample, warning.
exemplar, pattern, specimen,
exemplification, precedent, standard,

From its original sense of _sample_ or _specimen_ (L. _exemplum_)
_example_ derives the seemingly contradictory meanings, on the one hand
of a _pattern_ or _model_, and on the other hand of a _warning_--a
_sample_ or _specimen_ of what is to be followed, or of what is to be
shunned. An _example_, however, may be more than a _sample_ or
_specimen_ of any class; it may be the very _archetype_ or _prototype_
to which the whole class must conform, as when Christ is spoken of as
being an _example_ or leaving an _example_ for his disciples. _Example_
comes nearer to the possible freedom of the _model_ than to the
necessary exactness of the _pattern_; often we can not, in a given case,
exactly imitate the best _example_, but only adapt its teachings to
altered circumstances. In its application to a person or thing,
_exemplar_ can scarcely be distinguished from _example_; but _example_
is most frequently used for an act, or course of action, for which
_exemplar_ is not used; as, one sets a good (or a bad) _example_. An
_exemplification_ is an illustrative working out in action of a
principle or law, without any reference to its being copied or repeated;
an _example_ guides, an _exemplification_ illustrates or explains.
_Ensample_ is the same as _example_, but is practically obsolete outside
of Scriptural or theological language. Compare MODEL; SAMPLE.

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EXCESS.

Synonyms:

dissipation, lavishness, redundance, surplus,
exorbitance, overplus, redundancy, waste,
extravagance, prodigality, superabundance, wastefulness.
intemperance, profusion, superfluity,

_Excess_ is more than enough of anything, and, since this in very many
cases indicates a lack either of judgment or of self-control, the word
is used frequently in an unfavorable sense. Careless expenditure in