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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Arguing that "mankind cannot be made good under compulsion," he quoted against Prohibition Chaucer's reference to the village parson: To drawen folk to heven by fairnesse By good ensample, this way his bisy-nesse.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now we and other kings of might, By his ensample taught aright, The lands of every region tread That justice may increase and spread.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith
Canterbury Tales": "'This noble ensample unto his scheep he gaf That first he wroughte and after that he taughte.'
From The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time by James J. Walsh
Our morning walk in his garden will serve as an ensample.
From The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec by Jean Newton McIlwraith
For this cause will I tell you a certain story, even as it was told to me, for a fair ensample.
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Eugene Mason
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