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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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