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Ensample - 4 dictionary results

en⋅sam⋅ple

[en-sam-puhl]
–noun Archaic.
example.

Origin:
1200–50; ME < OF, var. (en- en- r. es-) of essample < OF < L exemplum example

Ensample

En*sam"ple\, n. [OF. ensample, essample, F. exemple. See Example.] An example; a pattern or model for imitation. [Obs.] --Tyndale.

Being ensamples to the flock. --1 Pet. v. 3.

Ensample

En*sam"ple\, v. t. To exemplify, to show by example. [Obs.] --Spenser.

ensample 
"precedent," 1297, variant of asaumple, from O.Fr. essample "example" (see example). The survival of this variant form is due to its use in N.T. in K.J.V.
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