ensample (ensampl)

[ Yet better were attonce to let me die, And shew the last ensample of your pride. 2. That in which anything is enrolled; a reg is- [Archaic and poetical.] ter; a roll. IMG:content-0523.png:[blocks in formation] Spenser , Sonnets, xxv. 2. A pattern or model; a guiding example. Ze scholde zeven ensample to the lewed peple, for to do wel; and zee zeven hem ensample to don evylle. Mandeville , Travels, p. 137. Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. 1 Pet. v. 3. And drawing foul ensample from fair names, Sinn'd also, till the loathsome opposite Of all my heart had destined did obtain, And all thro' thee! Tennyson, Guinevere. ensamplet (en-sam'pl), r. t. [ Homere, who in the Persons of Agamemnon and Uly es hath ensampled a good govern our and a vertuous man. Spenser, F. Q., To the Reader. (en-sang'gwin), v . t .; pret. and pp. ensanguined, ppr. ensanguining . [ san guine ( sanguis , blood): see sanguine .] 1. To stain or cover with blood; smear with gore.