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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 
"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.

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.

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