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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sample \Sam"ple\, n. [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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sample \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, cloths. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sample n 1: a small part of something intended as representative of the whole 2: items selected from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population [syn: {sample distribution}] 3: all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class v : take a sample of "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the regional dishes" [syn: {try}, {try out}, {taste}]
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