† enˈsemplary Obs.
Also 4 ensamplarie.
[app. a doublet of ensampler; Gower's use suggests that he regarded it as f. ensample + -ery.]
Examples collectively; example in the abstract.
| 1393 Gower Conf. II. 292 A tale..Which is of olde ensamplarie. Ibid. III. 48 [History] is of great ensemplary Agein the vice of sorcery. |