*ample*

a. [ L. amplecti to embrace. ] (Bot.) Clasping a support; as, amplectant tendrils. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being ample; largeness; fullness; completeness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. amplexari to embrace. ] An embrace. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

An humble amplexation of those sacred feet. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. amplexus, p. p. of amplecti to encircle, to embrace + caulis stem: cf. F. amplexicaule. ] (Bot.) Clasping or embracing a stem, as the base of some leaves. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ F., p. p. of champlever to engrave. See 3d Champ, Camp, Lever a bar. ] (Art) Having the ground engraved or cut out in the parts to be enameled; inlaid in depressions made in the ground; -- said of a kind of enamel work in which depressions made in the surface are filled with enamel pastes, which are afterward fired; also, designating the process of making such enamel work. -- n. A piece of champlevé enamel; also, the process or art of making such enamel work; champlevé work. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ OF. ensample, essample, F. exemple. See Example. ] An example; a pattern or model for imitation. [ Obs. ] Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ]

Being ensamples to the flock. 1 Pet. v. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To exemplify, to show by example. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A later form for ensample, fr. L. exemplum, orig., what is taken out of a larger quantity, as a sample, from eximere to take out. See Exempt, and cf. Ensample, Sample. ] 1. One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is to be followed or imitated as a model; a pattern or copy. [ 1913 Webster ]

For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. John xiii. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

I gave, thou sayest, the example; I led the way. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which resembles or corresponds with something else; a precedent; a model. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such temperate order in so fierce a cause
Doth want example. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which is to be avoided; one selected for punishment and to serve as a warning; a warning. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hang him; he'll be made an example. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now these things were our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. 1 Cor. x. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. An instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept, especially a problem to be solved, or a case to be determined, as an exercise in the application of the rules of any study or branch of science; as, in trigonometry and grammar, the principles and rules are illustrated by examples.

Syn. -- Precedent; case; instance. -- Example, Instance. The discrimination to be made between these two words relates to cases in which we give “instances” or “examples” of things done. An instance denotes the single case then “standing” before us; if there be others like it, the word does not express this fact. On the contrary, an example is one of an entire class of like things, and should be a true representative or sample of that class. Hence, an example proves a rule or regular course of things; an instance simply points out what may be true only in the case presented. A man's life may be filled up with examples of the self-command and kindness which marked his character, and may present only a solitary instance of haste or severity. Hence, the word “example” should never be used to describe what stands singly and alone. We do, however, sometimes apply the word instance to what is really an example, because we are not thinking of the latter under this aspect, but solely as a case which “stands before us.” See Precedent. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exampled p. pr. & vb. n. Exampling ] To set an example for; to give a precedent for; to exemplify; to give an instance of; to instance. [ Obs. ] “I may example my digression by some mighty precedent.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Burke devoted himself to this duty with a fervid assiduity that has not often been exampled, and has never been surpassed. J. Morley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without or above example. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Exemplar, Example, and cf. Sampler. ] A pattern; an exemplar. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Exampleless. [ Wrongly formed. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Being without a lamp, or without light; hence, being without appreciation; dull. [ 1913 Webster ]

Your ladies' eyes are lampless to that virtue. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A rambler. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Roving; rambling. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus he concludes, and every hardy knight
His sample followed. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

I design this but for a sample of what I hope more fully to discuss. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Specimen; example. See Specimen. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To make or show something similar to; to match. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wools, cloths. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Exampler, Exemplar. ] 1. One who makes up samples for inspection; one who examines samples, or by samples; as, a wool sampler. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A pattern; a specimen; especially, a collection of needlework patterns, as letters, borders, etc., to be used as samples, or to display the skill of the worker. [ 1913 Webster ]

Susie dear, bring your sampler and Mrs. Schumann will show you how to make that W you bothered over. E. E. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Partially amplexicaul; embracing the stem half round, as a leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Metal.) Samples taken for assay from a molten metallic mass pouring a portion into water, to granulate it. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Trampled p. pr. & vb. n. Trampling ] [ OE. trampelen, freq. of trampen. See Tramp, v. t. ] 1. To tread under foot; to tread down; to prostrate by treading; as, to trample grass or flowers. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet. Matt. vii. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To tread with force and rapidity; to stamp. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To tread in contempt; -- with on or upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Diogenes trampled on Plato's pride with greater of his own. Gov. of Tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by trampling. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The huddling trample of a drove of sheep. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who tramples; one who treads down; as, a trampler on nature's law. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]