SAMPLE

n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

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

2.
n.

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.

3.
v.

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

4.
v.

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

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