Example definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary EXAM'PLE, n. egzam'pl ... now generally written sample, as a sample of cloth; but example is sometimes used. 2. A pattern, in morals or manners ... is proper to be imitated. I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you. John 13. Example is our preceptor before we can reason. 3. Precedent; a ... intended for caution. Lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. Hebrews 4. Sodom and Gomorrah--are set forth for an example,suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Jude 7. 5. ...
... granted at the instance of the defendant's advocate. 2. Example; a case occurring; a case offered. Howard furnished a remarkable ... court. IN'STANCE, v.i. To give or offer an example or case. As to false citations--I shall instance in ... or three. IN'STANCE, v.t. To mention as an example or case. He instanced the event of Caesar's death ... another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths" [syn: case, instance, example] 2: an item of information that is typical of a class or group; "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page ...
for example definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adv 1: as an example; "take ribbon snakes, for example" [syn: for example, for instance, e.g.] Merriam Webster's phrasal as an example < there are many sources of air pollution; exhaust fumes, for example > Moby Thesaurus a propos, apropos, apropos of, as, as ...
deterrent example definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: punishment intended ... as a warning to others; "they decided to make an example of him" [syn: example, deterrent example, lesson, object lesson]
good example definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: something to ... the very model of a modern major general" [syn: exemplar, example, model, good example]
... mold; something intended to give shape to castings. 3. Pattern; example; as, to form a government on the model of the ... the very model of a modern major general" [syn: exemplar, example, model, good example] 6: someone worthy of imitation; "every child needs a role ... 7: a representative form or pattern; "I profited from his example" [syn: model, example] 8: a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; "she ... also a pattern of something to be made 5. an example for imitation or emulation 6. a person or thing ...
... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary PARADIGM, n. par'adim. [Gr. example, to show.] An example; a model. In grammar, an example of a verb conjugated in the several modes, tenses and ... inflected forms of a word 2: a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America ... deiknynai to show — more at diction Date: 15th century 1. example, pattern; especially an outstandingly clear or typical example or archetype 2. an example of a conjugation or ...
... the earliest Christian lists, those of Origen and Melito, for example. 1 Chronicles closes with a summary which may naturally be ... Old Testament from which the Chronicler draws as sources--for example, such statements as that Nimrod was a mighty one, or ... mentions of genealogical works, connected with particular times, those for example of David, Jotham, Jeroboam II (1Ch 9:22; 5:17 ... and quoting what he represents to be public documents, for example, letters to and from Cyrus and Artaxerxes and Darius and ... its attendants--its priests, Levites, musicians, singers, doorkeepers. Witness for example the added matter in connection with the bringing of the ... in bulk comes the added genealogical and statistical matter, for example, the larger part of the preliminary genealogies, details as ...
... s 1828 Dictionary EXEM'PLAR, n. egzem'plar. [L. See Example.] 1. A model, original or pattern, to be copies or ... the very model of a modern major general" [syn: exemplar, example, model, good example] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from exemplum example Date: 15th century one that serves as a model or example: as a. an ideal model b. a typical or standard ... instance. Etymology: ME f. OF exemplaire f. LL exemplarium (as EXAMPLE) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Exemplar Ex*em"plar, n. [ ...
... exemplar; Low L. exemplo.] 1. To show or illustrate by example. The life and conversation of our Savior exemplified his doctrines ... this fugue" [syn: exemplify, represent] 2: clarify by giving an example of [syn: exemplify, illustrate, instance] Merriam Webster's transitive verb ... exemplum Date: 15th century 1. to show or illustrate by example < anecdotes exemplifying those virtues > 2. to make an attested copy ... a. to be an instance of or serve as an example ; embody < she exemplifies the qualities of a good leader > b ... Oxford Reference Dictionary v.tr. (-ies, -ied) 1 illustrate by example. 2 be an example of. 3 Law make an attested copy of (a ...
... sample of what I hope more fully to discuss. 2. Example; instance. SAM'PLE, v.t. To show something similar. WordNet ... a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class v 1: take a sample of; "Try ... from Anglo-French sample, essample, from Latin exemplum — more at example Date: 15th century 1. a representative part or a single ... recording III. adjective Date: 1820 serving as an illustration or example < sample questions > Oxford Reference Dictionary n. & v. --n. 1 a ... for scientific testing or analysis. 4 an illustrative or typical example. --v.tr. 1 take or give samples of. 2 try ... of advertisers' samples. Etymology: ME f. AF assample, OF essample EXAMPLE Webster's 1913 Dictionary Sample Sam"ple, n. [OE. ...
... or said, that may serve or be adduced as an example to authorize a subsequent act of the like kind. Examples ... 1: preceding in time, order, or significance n 1: an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later ... a. something done or said that may serve as an example or rule to authorize or justify a subsequent act of ... 1. Something done or said that may serve as an example to authorize a subsequent act of the same kind; an authoritative example. Examples for cases can but direct as precedents only. --Hooker ... of proceeding to be followed in similar cases. --Wharton. Syn: Example; antecedent. Usage: Precedent, Example. An example in a similar ...
... as a pattern of silk cloth. 3. An instance; an example. 4. Any thing cut of formed into the shape of ... syn: design, pattern, figure] 4: something regarded as a normative example; "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is ... a garment, from which copies can be made. 4 an example of excellence; an ideal; a model (a pattern of elegance ... in Paradise. --Sir T. Herbert. 2. To serve as an example for; also, to parallel. To pattern after, to imitate; to ... or quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample; an example; an instance. He compares the pattern with the whole piece ... so many rooms of such and such dimensions with, for example, a court 10 drahs (arm's lengths) wide and ...
... throw," hence, "to stone," and then "to translate," though no example is given. Jastrow derives it from the Assyrian r-g ... is not recorded, it is not impossible that following the example of the Assyrians, Nebuchadnezzar may have sent into Judea compulsory ... of Shakespeare, Bacon, or even Hooker. Or, to take an example more cognate, if less accessible to the general reader, the ... the language into which it has been translated. One prominent example of this is the presence of yath as the sign ... that the writer gives loose rein to paraphrase. As an example the blessing of Judah in Jacob's blessing of his ... revealeth my secrets to the sons of men?" As an example of the vagueness of Talmudic chronology, it may be ...