English

Noun

ensample ‎(plural ensamples)

1. (obsolete) An example; a pattern or model for imitation.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Tyndale to this entry?)

   • Bible, Peter v. 3:

     Being ensamples to the flock.

   • 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, Book IX, xxviii:

     The bold ensample of their father's might / Their weapons whetted and their wrath increas'd.

   • 1662 Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Second Sunday after Easter

     Almighty God, who hast given thine only Son to be unto us both a sacrifice for sin, and also an ensample of godly life:

Verb

ensample ‎(third-person singular simple present ensamples, present participle ensampling, simple past and past participle ensampled)

1. (obsolete) To exemplify, to show by example.

References

• ensample in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• empanels

Middle English

Etymology

Old French ensample

Noun

ensample (plural ensamples)

1. example

Old French

Noun

ensample m ‎(oblique plural ensamples, nominative singular ensamples, nominative plural ensample)

1. Alternative form of essainple