Antonyms for ensample

Grammar : Noun

Spell : en-sam-puh l

Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈsæm pəl

Definition of ensample

Origin : "precedent," c.1300, variant of asaumple, from Old French essample "example" (see example). The survival of this variant form is due to its use in New Testament in KJV.

As in paradigm : noun example
As in pattern : noun model, example

Example sentences :

Will it please the Queen's grace to command an ensample of mine art?
Extract from : « Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) » by John Roby

Bernier told this ensample that teacheth so goodly matter, and of it he made what he might.
Extract from : « Tales from the Old French » by Various

From this ensample we may learn that it is not seemly to love, and tell.
Extract from : « French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France » by Marie de France

And if his biography were written from his childhood to his death, it would be not only an ensample, but confusion to the world.
Extract from : « Renaissance in Italy Vol. 3 » by John Addington Symonds

Angelo thought a moment and answered, humbly, "I give them an ensample of holiness."
Extract from : « The Unknown Quantity » by Henry van Dyke

It is translated in other places in the New Testament, ‘Mark’ them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample, and the like.
Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) » by Alexander Maclaren

Ensample is the same as example, but is practically obsolete outside of Scriptural or theological language.
Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald

But there could be no "type," no "ensample," no "admonition," in "these things" for one whose old nature is made new.
Extract from : « Notes on the book of Exodus » by C. H. (Charles Henry) Mackintosh

And here we have an ensample of a flatterer, or dissembler: for this Harpagus spake against his own heart and conscience.
Extract from : « Sermons on the Card and Other Discourses » by Hugh Latimer

“He shall die,” saith God: which thing is an ensample for us to take heed, that we transgress not the law of the sabbath-day.
Extract from : « Sermons on the Card and Other Discourses » by Hugh Latimer

Synonyms for ensample

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