ensample
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ensample
1200–50; Middle English < Old French, variant ( en- en- 1 replacing es- ) of essample < Old French < Latin exemplum example
Example Sentences
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Ensample, en-sam′pl, n. example.—v.t. to give an example of.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Ensample that it hath be so In boke I finde write also.
From Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell)
Ensample of suche Robberies I finde write, as thou schalt hiere, Acordende unto this matiere.
From Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell)
Exemplar Humanae Vitae—an Ensample of Human Life, he called it, with tragic pregnancy.
From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel
He who dated the Christian era is the Ensample in Christian Science.
From Manual of the Mother Church The First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts by Eddy, Mary Baker
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