v. Obs. [f. bi-, BE- 6 + saumple, ME. form of SAMPLE.] To moralize (about); bring forward ‘instances’ in illustration, palliation, etc.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 88. Bisaumpleð longe abuten uor te beon þe betere ileued. Ibid., 316. Schrift ȝet schal beon naked; þet is, nakedliche imaked, and nout bisaumpled feire.
