SAMPLES

Noun

samples

plural of sample

Verb

samples

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sample

Anagrams

• Sampsel, ampless, mapless, psalmes

Proper noun

Samples

plural of Sample

Anagrams

• Sampsel, ampless, mapless, psalmes

Source: Wiktionary


SAMPLE

Sam"ple, n. Etym: [OE. sample, asaumple, OF. essample, example, fr. L. exemplum. See Example, and cf. Ensample, Sampler.]

1. Example; pattern. [Obs.] Spenser. "A sample to the youngest." Shak. Thus he concludes, and every hardy knight His sample followed. Fairfax.

2. A part of anything presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen; as, goods are often purchased by samples. I design this but for a sample of what I hope more fully to discuss. Woodward.

Syn.

– Specimen; example. See Specimen.

Sam"ple, v. t.

1. To make or show something similar to; to match. Bp. Hall.

2. To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wools, cloth.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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