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ensample

ensample noun: an example; a pattern or model for imitation.

Noun

ensample (plural ensamples)

  1. (archaic) An example; a pattern or model for imitation.
    • Being ensamples to the flock.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Peter 5:3
    • The bold ensample of their father's might / Their weapons whetted and their wrath increas'd.1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, Book IX, xxviii

Verb

ensample (third-person singular simple present ensamples, present participle ensampling, simple past and past participle ensampled)

  1. (obsolete) To exemplify, to show by example.

Forms of ensample

Noun
pluralensamples
Verb
third-person singular presentensamples
present participleensampling
past participleensampled
pastensampled

Origin of ensample

From Middle English ensaumple (noun) and ensaumplen (verb), from Old French ensample.

Questions about ensample

What does ensample mean?
Ensample means an example; a pattern or model for imitation.
What part of speech is ensample?
Ensample can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of ensample?
The plural of ensample is ensamples.

Words near ensample in the dictionary

  1. ensaimada
  2. ensaimadas
  3. ensaimades
  4. ensalada
  5. ensalada chilena
  6. ensample
  7. ensampled
  8. ensamples
  9. ensampling
  10. ensanguinated
  11. ensanguine

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