SAM'PLE, noun [Latin exemplum.] 1. A specimen; a part of any thing presented for inspection or intended to be shown, as evidence of the quality of the whole; as a sample of cloth or of wheat. Goods are often purchased in market by samples. I design this as a sample of what I hope more fully to discuss. 2. Example; instance. SAM'PLE, verb transitive To show something similar.
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