Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A sample or specimen; an instance; a typical example.
- n. A pattern or model; a guiding example.
- To exemplify; show by example.
Wiktionary
- n. obsolete An example; a pattern or model for imitation.
- v. obsolete To exemplify, to show by example.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. obsolete An example; a pattern or model for imitation.
- v. obsolete To exemplify, to show by example.
Examples
“The word "ensample" means type, or figure, or illustration.”
And Judas Iscariot Together with other evangelistic addresses
“And herein Bristow Maxwell is an "ensample" unto many bachelors of lighter hue.”
“3 That of his puissance proud example made; puissance > power, strength proud > (Refers to both "his puissance" and the "ensample") 4 His monstrous scalp down to his teeth it tore, scalp > scalp; _or: _ crown of the head, cranium”
“ensample" (singular), the whole Church being regarded as one.”
“Iz midnite heer, Ai fink its tiem Ai folloed upfis ensample and went 2 bed.”
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“Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.”
“For a man must have a good coat at least, and the pockets not wholly empty, before he can look at those whom God has created for his ensample.”
“Sophocles says that the clever birds feed their parents and their benefactors, and men ascribe piety to them in fables, as a needful ensample to one another.”
“And that book seythe also, that Jesu was sent from God alle myghty, for to ben myrour and ensample and tokne to alle men.”
“Ze scholde zeven ensample to the lewed peple, for to do wel; and zee zeven hem ensample to don evylle.”
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bilby "And the ass that he rode upon is a beast of humility, for God would not ride upon no steed, nor upon no palfrey; so in ensample that an ass betokeneth meekness, that thou sawest Sir Launcelot ride on in thy sleep."
- Thomas Malory, 'The Holy Grail'. Sep 13, 2009