ensampler
(ɛnˈsɑːmplə(r), -ˈsæm-)
Forms: 4 ensamplaire, 4–5 ensaumpler.
[ad. OFr. essamplaire:—L. exemplārium, f. exemplum example. Cf. exemplar n.]
a. A copy, pattern. b. A ‘copy’ of a book.
| c 1374 Chaucer Boeth. iii. ix. 87 Þou drawest alle þinges of þi souereyne ensampler. 1388 Wyclif Joshua Prol., Men of my language, the whiche oure ensaumpleris deliten. c 1449 Pecock Repr. iii. xix. 412 Thei ouȝten be ensaumplers of moral vertues. |