different between ensample vs unfurl

English

Etymology

From Old French ensample.

Noun

ensample (plural ensamples)

1. (archaic) An example; a pattern or model for imitation.

   • Being ensamples to the flock.

   • 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, Book IX, xxviii:

     The bold ensample of their father's might / Their weapons whetted and their wrath increas'd.

   • 1662 Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the Second Sunday after Easter

     Almighty God, who hast given thine only Son to be unto us both a sacrifice for sin, and also an ensample of godly life:

   • 1899, Dante Gabriel Rossetti (transl.), The New Life (La Vita Nuova) of Dante Alighieri, Siddall edition, page 111.

     By which ensamples this thing shall be made manifest unto such as may be offended at any part of this my book.

Verb

ensample (third-person singular simple present ensamples, present participle ensampling, simple past and past participle ensampled)

1. (obsolete) To exemplify, to show by example.

References

• ensample in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Speelman, empanels, emplanes

Middle English

Etymology

Old French ensample

Noun

ensample (plural ensamples)

1. example

Old French

Noun

ensample m (oblique plural ensamples, nominative singular ensamples, nominative plural ensample)

1. Alternative form of essainple

English

Etymology

From un- +? furl.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?f??l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?f?l/
• Rhymes: -??(r)l

Verb

unfurl (third-person singular simple present unfurls, present participle unfurling, simple past and past participle unfurled)

1. To unroll or release something that had been rolled up, typically a sail or a flag.

   They unfurled the flag at the start of the festival.

2. (figuratively) To roll out or debut anything.

   When will we be unfurling the new feature?

3. (intransitive) To open up by unrolling.
4. (intransitive, figuratively) To turn out or unfold; to evolve; to progress.

Antonyms

• (to unroll or release): furl, roll

Translations

Anagrams

• urnful