ensamplern.
/ɛnˈsɑːmplə//ɛnˈsamplə/ a. A copy, pattern.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > a pattern or model of conduct
bysenc950
ensample1297
mirrora1300
ensamplerc1374
examplea1382
foregoer1382
exemplara1393
essamplerie1393
forbyseninga1400
patternc1425
spectaclec1430
precedent1535
spectable1535
foregoinga1586
modela1586
copya1616
leading card1635
patron saint1803
fugleman1814
fore-mark1863
parable1894
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iii. ix. 87 Þou drawest alle þinges of þi souereyne ensampler.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 412 Thei ouȝten be ensaumplers of moral vertues to the lay partie.
b. A ‘copy’ of a book.
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1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) Josh. Prol. Men of my language, the whiche oure ensaumpleris deliten.
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