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{{11}}sample (n.) c.1300, "something which confirms a proposition or statement," from Anglo-Fr. saumple, aphetic of O.Fr. essample, from L. exemplum "a sample" (see EXAMPLE (Cf. example)). Meaning "small quantity (of something) from which the general quality (of the whole) may be inferred" (usually in a commercial sense) is recorded from early 15c.; sense of "specimen for scientific sampling" is from 1878.
{{12}}sample (v.) "to test by taking a sample," 1767, from SAMPLE (Cf. sample) (n.). Related: Sampled; sampling.

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