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 is the same as example, but is practically obsolete outside of Scriptural or theological language.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin
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 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)
XII 100 Ensample make� of him your haplesse joy, And of my selfe now mated, as ye see; Whose prouder vaunt that proud avenging boy Did soone pluck downe and curbd my libertie.
From Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Spenser, Edmund
Exemplar Humanae Vitae—an Ensample of Human Life, he called it, with tragic pregnancy.
From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel
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