ensample

[ en-sam-puhl ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. example.

ensample

/ ɛnˈsɑːmpəl /

noun

1. an archaic word for example

Word History and Origins

Origin of ensample¹

1200–50; Middle English < Old French, variant ( en- en- ¹ replacing es- ) of essample < Old French < Latin exemplum example

Example Sentences

Whether it be God's will that we shall resist, as we have done in former times, and be enabled, though but a handful amongst a multitude, to smite the enemies and the perverters of our pure religion, or whether we shall be called upon to die as martyrs, and seal our faith by the pouring out of our blood, leaving another ensample to the elect that come after us, will be pointed out by the circumstances in which we are placed.

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Neither stripes nor teachinges in tyme could conuert, wherefore an ensample let me to you be, And all that be present, nowe praye you for me.

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Ensample, en-sam′pl, n. example.—v.t. to give an example of.

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The zephyrs waft thy fragrance, and it takes My heart, and me, his master, he forsakes; Careless of me he pants and leaps to thee, And thee his pattern and ensample makes!

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Spenser has among other passages And of fair Britomart ensample take, That was as true in love as turtle to her make.

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