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ensample

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ensample [ɛnˈsɑːmpəl]
n
an archaic word for example


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By God and by Saynt Johan I shall borowe upon prestholde somwhat For I may say to the, neybour Prat, It is a good dede to punysh such to the ensample Of suche other, how that they shall mell In lyke facyon as these catyfes do.
The defence of religious orthodoxy in John Heywood's The Pardoner and ... by Caputo, Nicoletta / Yearbook of English Studies
In contrast, the line By swiche ensamples olde maistow leere 'Through these old exemplary stories can you learn' in Nun's Priest's Tale (3106), with which Chauntecleer introduces his explanation of the
Thou and ye: a collocational-phraseological approach to pronoun ... by Knappe, Gabriele; Schumann, Michael / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
Young knight, what euer that dost armes professe, And through long labours huntest after fame, Beware of fraud, beware of ficklenesse, In choice, and change of thy deare loued Dame, Least thou of her beleeue too lightly blame, And rash misweening doe thy hart remoue: For vnto knight there is no greater shame, Then lightnesse and inconstancie in loue; That doth this Redcrosse knights ensample plainly proue.
Desdemona, woman warrior: "O, these men, these men!" (4.3.59) by Holmer, Joan Ozark / Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England
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