Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An example; a model; a pattern.
- noun A parable; a fable.
- noun A proverb.
- To give as an example.
- To furnish with examples.
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- noun An
example ;model ;pattern - noun A
parable ;fable - noun A
proverb ,byspel - verb To
give as anexample . - verb To
furnish with examples.
Etymologies
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From Middle English forbisen, forbison, forbysen, forbysne, forbus ("example"), from Old English forebȳsen ("example"), from fore- + bȳsen ("model, exemplar, pattern, parable, command"), from Proto-Germanic *būsniz (“command, precept”), from Proto-Germanic *beudanan (“to ask, beg”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, perceive fully”). Cognate with Old Saxon am-busan ("a command, precept"), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌿𐍃𐌽𐍃 (anabusns, "a command"), Old Norse bȳsn ("wonder, premonition"). More at bid.
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