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ensample - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
noun noun
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun obsolete An example; a pattern or model for imitation.transitive verb obsolete To exemplify, to show by example.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun obsolete An example ; a pattern or model for imitation.verb obsolete To exemplify , to show by example.
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Examples
The word "ensample " means type, or figure, or illustration.
And Judas Iscariot Together with other evangelistic addresses J. Wilbur Chapman
And herein Bristow Maxwell is an "ensample " unto many bachelors of lighter hue.
Our Brother in Black: His Freedom and His Future Atticus Greene 1881
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
The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 Edmund Spenser
"ensample " (singular), the whole Church being regarded as one.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871
Iz midnite heer, Ai fink its tiem Ai folloed upfis ensample and went 2 bed.
just koolin mah harbles - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample .
Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006
Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample .
Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006
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 .
Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge 2004
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.
Mary Anerley Richard Doddridge 2004
And that book seythe also, that Jesu was sent from God alle myghty, for to ben myrour and ensample and tokne to alle men.
The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004
bilby commented on the word ensample
"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'.
September 13, 2009