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ensample

noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An example; a pattern or model for imitation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

Examples

  • 1662 Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Second Sunday after Easter Almighty God, who hast given thine only Son to be unto us both a sacrifice for sin, and also an ensample of godly life:
  • 1899, Dante Gabriel Rossetti (transl.), The New Life (La Vita Nuova) of Dante Alighieri, Siddall edition, page 111. By which ensamples this thing shall be made manifest unto such as may be offended at any part of this my book.

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2

verb

Meaning 2

To exemplify, to show by example.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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History

Etymology

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