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P1. to make an example of (also out of) and variants: to punish or exact retribution on (a person), esp. in a way which is disproportionately or unusually severe, in order to deter others from committing the act for which the punishment or retribution is inflicted. [Compare classical Latin exemplum facere (rare before post-classical Latin).]

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > demotivate [verb (intransitive)] > serve as deterrent example

to make an example of (also out of)?1536

example1592

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Royal) (1850) Jude i. 7 Sodom, and Gomor..ben maad ensaumple [a1400 N.Y. Publ. Lib. exsaumple; L. factae sunt exemplum], sustenynge peyne of euerlastinge fijr.]

?1536 W. Marshall Luther's Images Verye Chrysten Bysshop sig. f.vi God..dyd brynge the Cyties of Sodome & Gomorre in to asshes, &..dyd make theym an example vnto all those ye afterwardes shuld worke wyckedly.

1608 T. Middleton Mad World, my Masters v. sig. H3^v Ile make you an example for all dizzy Constables.

1698 A. Fletcher Two Disc. Affairs Scotl. i. 38 There seems to be an absolute necessity..of making an example of the notorious enemies to the Liberties of this Country.

1740 D. Bellamy Perjur'd Devotee II. i. ii. 16 I'll make thee an Example to all the politick, pimping, pick-thank Rogues in the Kingdom, you Dog, you.

1796 J. Towers Tracts II. 306 They would make an example of Tabernacle preachers, by enacting a law to cut out their tongues.

1803 Pic Nic No. 4. 5 They must be made an example of.

1863 Q. Rev. Jan. 159 The prisoners have been known to make an example of a warden who was not in their opinion sufficiently liberal with his V.G.'s (‘Very Good’, as marked in the accounts).

1916 Mother Earth Oct. 635 He waved the flag..by making an example of those who dared disagree with himself.

2006 G. Malkani Londonstani xi. 118 I'd say they're looking for any excuse to nick you, make an example out of you to stop all the fighting round here.

P2. to take example from (also by, †at, †of). [Compare Anglo-Norman prendre essample a, prendre essample de, Middle French, French prendre exemple à, prendre exemple de (late 12th cent. in Old French, in both specific uses).]

a. To follow the example of; to imitate.In quot. 1587 without preposition.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > imitate [verb (intransitive)] > follow an example

borrow?c1225

to walk in (or tread) a person's stepsa1240

to take example from (also by, at, of)c1405

to dance to or after (a person's) pipe, whistle1546

patrizate1623

patrizizea1642

to follow suit1747

to take a leaf out of a person's book1809

pattern1820

c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 570 A gentil Maunciple was ther of a Temple Of which Achatours myghte take exemple.

c1475 Brome Abraham & Isaac in N. Davis Non-Cycle Plays & Fragm. (1970) 44 All men schall take exampyll be hym [emended in ed. to hym be] My commawmentys how they schall kepe [emended in ed. to fulfyll; rhymes hylle, wyll].

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John f. 103^v Ye shall take exaumple at me.

1587 J. Higgins Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Porrex. f. 44 Example take you Princes of the land.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Exemplairement, exemplarily; for others to follow, or to take example by.

a1736 R. Kane Campaigns King William & Queen Anne (1745) 89 Those that lay in Camp took Example of their Commanders.

1777 Brit. Palladium No. 29. 39 This Lady taking example by him, clapt two poisonous Asps to her Breasts, and so died.

1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xx. 205 Take example by your father, my boy, and be wery careful o' widders.

1869 J. M. Duncan Pract. Treat. Perimetritis & Parametritis 4 Taking example from the heart and other organs, he proposes to use peri to imply inflammation of serous membrane.

1938 H. Granville-Barker Quality 11 Authors..who set out in a businesslike way to supply what is supposed to be most in demand..taking example by the latest best seller.

1998 Gramophone Jan. 86/1 A weird biblical text exhorting layabouts to take example from the industrious ant.

†b. To be deterred from an act, course of action, etc., by the fate or punishment of (a person who has previously acted in the same way). Also with the fate or punishment as prepositional object. Obsolete.

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c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 7049 (MED) Of his foly þat he be chastysed, Þat oþer may exaumple by hym take.

a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) l. 2295 Good men, takythe example at me... I bolne and bleyke in blody ble.

a1593 C. Marlowe Massacre at Paris (c1600) sig. D5 All Rebels vnder heauen, shall take example by their punishment.

c1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 318 All wratchis may tak example be this man nocht to hurd vp thair siluir.

1690 Banish'd Duke ii. 23 I'll see him shot to death, that Traytors all May take example from his Tragick fall.

P3. for example: (as a sentence adverbial) by way of illustration; as an example or instance. Cf. for instance at instance n. 6b. [Compare Middle French pour exemple (late 14th cent. or earlier), Middle French, French par exemple (early 15th cent. or earlier).]

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > in the particular case [phrase] > for instance or example

for example?a1439

as namely1565

exempli causa1569

exempli gratia1591

e.g.1622

ex. gr.1635

for instance1657

exemp. gratia1667

for the purpose1680

par exemple1801

sample this1998

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) vi. 717 For exaumple see houh Athenyo, That whilom was a shepperde in Ytaille..Lay in a-wait beside a gret mounteyn [Fr. Et apres tu regarde..anthonius pastor].

1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. Liij^v As for exempill, ȝe man not say Then feir nocht Nor heir ocht.

1650 W. Charleton tr. J. B. van Helmont Deliramenta Catarrhi 30 For example, let a cold Thorne or needle be priced into any mans finger..and thereupon shall instantly ensue a violent Pulsation.

1697 J. Dryden Ded. Æneis in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. (b)3^v Can we, for Example, give the praise of Valour to a Man who shou'd see his Gods prophan'd?

1755 J. Smith Printer's Gram. 49 For example, c, i, m, p, q, u, being Latin Sorts, might be more sparingly cast.

1848 Mechanics’ Mag. 16 Sept. 319/2 Take for example a long multiplication sum; is not the process carried on by mere mechanical attention to certain laws or rules?

1915 J. Turner Let. 19 Apr. in C. Warren Somewhere in France (2019) 6 I personally am so loving you for the ripping things—the absolutely right things always (matches, for example, quite invaluable..).

1937 Daily Express 3 Mar. 5/2 Take this ‘electric eye’, for example. We're installing it in the hotel driveway to warn people in the street whenever a car's coming out.

2010 Independent 1 Apr. (Life section) 10/1 To gain protected status, foods must be linked to a specific geographical area... For example, only cheese made in Italy's Parma region can be called Parmesan.

†P4. in example of: as a deterrent or warning to. Obsolete (chiefly Scottish in later use). [Compare classical Latin in exemplo, lit. ‘in example’.]

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1444 in H. Anstey Munimenta Academica Oxf. (1868) II. 541 See and ordeyne by youre discretione that..all such as may be founde defective in that behalve be sharply punished in example of all other.

1493 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Pynson) iv. ii. sig. m.i^v/2 And god bad y^t al the people of the cite or of y^t towne. shulde sle that vnbuxum child with stones, in example of alle other.

?1532 Ordynaunces Emperour f. xxvii The woman [to be executed] by the pyt, and theyr hedes set there aboute, in example of other.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. 1253 Hanged at Greenewiche..for robberies, in example of all other.

a1650 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1843) IV. 309 It were almous to punishe you in example of others.

1681 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Reformation: 2nd Pt. ii. 340 Ananias and Saphira..were declared, by the Mouth of St. Peter, to be tempted by the Devil, and to lye against the Holy Ghost, and in example of all other, punish'd with sudden Death.

P5. Proverb. example is better than precept and variants: demonstrating or exhibiting a desired quality, mode of conduct, etc., oneself is a more effective means of teaching than issuing instructions or making rules.

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a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 216 Þen saythe Seynt Austeyn þat an ensampull yn doyng ys mor commendabull þen ys techyng oþer prechyng.

a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 20^v Surelie, one example, is more valiable, both to good and ill, than xx. preceptes written in bookes.]

1591 A. B. in H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. To Rdr. sig. ¶3 We are easlier taught by example then by precept.

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes IV. Alphabet. Table sig. bbbb2^v/2 Example prevaileth more then precept.

1677 W. Rogers Let. 27 Jan. in Christian-Quaker (1680) iv. 86 Example is a better Teacher, than Precept.

a1721 M. Prior Turtle & Sparrow (1723) 190 Example draws where precept fails.

1771 Compl. Coll. Prol. & Epil. 11 Example stronger far than precept acts, And words less move us than the force of facts.

1828 D. M. Moir Life Mansie Wauch xix. 271 Example is better than precept.

1871 S. Smiles Character ii. 35 Example is far more than precept. It is instruction in action.

1914 N. Amer. Jrnl. Homeopathy 29 14 Example is above precept—practice above speech.

2015 S. S. Ravi Philos. & Sociol. Bases of Educ. x. 172 Rousseau believes in the principle that example is better than precept.

P6.

a. to set an example and variants [compare classical Latin exemplum pōnere] : to act or behave in a way that is considered commendable or worthy of imitation, and thereby to encourage or inspire others to act in the same way; to provide a positive model for others to follow. Also: to punish or discipline a person who has done wrong in order to deter others from acting in a similar way.Also with the person to whom the example is set as indirect object, or with to, for.

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1534 W. Marshall tr. Erasmus Playne & Godly Expos. Commune Crede v. f. 129 Our lorde hymselfe hath prescribed a fourme and hath set vs an exaumple [L. Dominus ipse nobis formam praescripsit], whan that excedyng feare, yrkesomnes, & agonye shall come so sore vpon vs: we shall acknowlege the weyknesse of our ouwe might & strength.

1584 E. Paget tr. J. Calvin Harmonie vpon Three Euangelists 456 Christ did not at once,..but by little and little restore the blinde man his sight: the which it is likely that he did to this end, that he might in this man set an example of his free disposation.

1647 S. Marshall Serm. preached Two Houses of Parl. 29 Begin it first in your houses, set an example to others to follow you.

1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccxxi. 193 Pray Mother (says the Young Crab) do but set the Example your self, and I'll follow ye.

1775 Ess. Nature Colonies iv. 28 This would be extending the rights of hospitality even to matters of commerce, and would undoubtedly redound highly to the reputation of the country which should first set the example.

1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood viii. 48 If you will set me that example, I promise to follow it.

1916 H. G. Wells Mr. Britling sees it Through 240 He had succeeded in behaving with a sufficient practicality to set an example to his men.

1984 A. Smith Dan's Car in G. Ursell More Sask. Gold iii. i. 275 Armand..wanted me to fire Ramesh to set an example.

2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 9 Mar. a26/5 To make a real change in how New York City processes its waste, the government must set an example.

b. to set a good (also bad, poor, wholesome, etc.) example: to act or behave in the specified way, and thereby encourage or influence others to act in the same way; to provide a good (or bad, poor, wholesome, etc.) model for others to follow.Also with the person to whom the example is set as indirect object, or with to, for.

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1621 S. Ward Happinesse of Pract. 21 Let a Gentleman or Minister perswade Parishioners to contribute liberally to a Briefe, and set a niggardly example, and see how much lesse will come of it, then if hee said lesse, and gaue more.

1632 C. Downing Disc. State Eccl. Kingdom iii. 95 Our Royall Soveraignes pious Father, set a good example to his Majestie to follow.

1774 T. Harrington Sci. Improved v. 38 Encouraged by those who ought to set a better example.

1791 C. Stuart Gretna Green ii. 19 Never think of dying a maid, for that would be setting a bad example, and Gretna Green might then go a begging.

1855 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Jan. 66/1 Does nature in those fierce night-brawlers, the billows, set mankind but a sorry example?

1929 Travel Jan. 10/1 Rising in the manner of a good militaire, which he was not, set a wholesome example.

1975 Mil. Affairs 39 124/2 The old generals..set a poor example for the rising younger officers.

1987 R. Bujang Boria 37 He rebukes them for their behaviour in setting a bad example to the neighbourhood.

2011 Central Queensland News (Nexis) 23 Dec. 4 Queensland parents are being encouraged to set a good example by drinking responsibly around their children this festive season.

†P7. of bad (also ill) example: (of a thing or action) that is sinful, immoral, or otherwise undesirable, and likely to be imitated; that is or is likely to be a bad influence. Obsolete. [Originally after Middle French de mauvais exemple (late 14th cent.; French de mauvais exemple); compare classical Latin malī exemplī.]

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1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin xiii. 773 He absteined not from the action of many things of yll example [Fr. de mauuais exemple, It. di pessimo exemplo].

1588 G. Babington Profitable Expos. Lords Prayer vi. 407 By actions man tempteth when either by woordes or deedes of bad example they alure other to sinne and euill.

1749 J. J. Hornyold Real Princ. Catholicks 324 Scandal therefore, is a Sin of bad Example, which is apt to draw or induce other Persons into Sin.

1808 R. Southey tr. Chron. Cid xi. xxvii. 361 It is a thing of bad example for Monasteries and Religioners.

1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. ii. 57 Some people will say these are little things; they are not; they are of bad example.

1916 J. A. Ballentine Law Dict. Words, Terms, Abbrev. & Phrases 405 Although anything may not be evil in itself, yet if it is of bad example, it is not to be done.

单词	take example by
释义	> as lemmas take example by b. elliptical with persons: According to the words or instructions of (obsolete); now only in take example by, take pattern by, or take warning by, i.e. by the case of. ΚΠ c1300 K. Alis. 3089 No doth nought by Dalmadas. c1550 in J. G. Dalyell Scotish Poems 16th Cent. (1801) II. 133 Euer liue in charity Be Christ Iesu. 1643 Parables on Times 12 I will take warning by the Eagle. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. iv. 139 Take example by Alcinous. 1882 Athenæum 18 Mar. 339 He has taken pattern by Goethe. extracted from byprep.adv. to take example from (also by, †at, †of) Phrases P1. to make an example of (also out of) and variants: to punish or exact retribution on (a person), esp. in a way which is disproportionately or unusually severe, in order to deter others from committing the act for which the punishment or retribution is inflicted. [Compare classical Latin exemplum facere (rare before post-classical Latin).] ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > demotivate [verb (intransitive)] > serve as deterrent example to make an example of (also out of)?1536 example1592 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Royal) (1850) Jude i. 7 Sodom, and Gomor..ben maad ensaumple [a1400 N.Y. Publ. Lib. exsaumple; L. factae sunt exemplum], sustenynge peyne of euerlastinge fijr.] ?1536 W. Marshall Luther's Images Verye Chrysten Bysshop sig. f.vi God..dyd brynge the Cyties of Sodome & Gomorre in to asshes, &..dyd make theym an example vnto all those ye afterwardes shuld worke wyckedly. 1608 T. Middleton Mad World, my Masters v. sig. H3^v Ile make you an example for all dizzy Constables. 1698 A. Fletcher Two Disc. Affairs Scotl. i. 38 There seems to be an absolute necessity..of making an example of the notorious enemies to the Liberties of this Country. 1740 D. Bellamy Perjur'd Devotee II. i. ii. 16 I'll make thee an Example to all the politick, pimping, pick-thank Rogues in the Kingdom, you Dog, you. 1796 J. Towers Tracts II. 306 They would make an example of Tabernacle preachers, by enacting a law to cut out their tongues. 1803 Pic Nic No. 4. 5 They must be made an example of. 1863 Q. Rev. Jan. 159 The prisoners have been known to make an example of a warden who was not in their opinion sufficiently liberal with his V.G.'s (‘Very Good’, as marked in the accounts). 1916 Mother Earth Oct. 635 He waved the flag..by making an example of those who dared disagree with himself. 2006 G. Malkani Londonstani xi. 118 I'd say they're looking for any excuse to nick you, make an example out of you to stop all the fighting round here. P2. to take example from (also by, †at, †of). [Compare Anglo-Norman prendre essample a, prendre essample de, Middle French, French prendre exemple à, prendre exemple de (late 12th cent. in Old French, in both specific uses).] a. To follow the example of; to imitate.In quot. 1587 without preposition. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > imitate [verb (intransitive)] > follow an example borrow?c1225 to walk in (or tread) a person's stepsa1240 to take example from (also by, at, of)c1405 to dance to or after (a person's) pipe, whistle1546 patrizate1623 patrizizea1642 to follow suit1747 to take a leaf out of a person's book1809 pattern1820 c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 570 A gentil Maunciple was ther of a Temple Of which Achatours myghte take exemple. c1475 Brome Abraham & Isaac in N. Davis Non-Cycle Plays & Fragm. (1970) 44 All men schall take exampyll be hym [emended in ed. to hym be] My commawmentys how they schall kepe [emended in ed. to fulfyll; rhymes hylle, wyll]. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John f. 103^v Ye shall take exaumple at me. 1587 J. Higgins Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Porrex. f. 44 Example take you Princes of the land. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Exemplairement, exemplarily; for others to follow, or to take example by. a1736 R. Kane Campaigns King William & Queen Anne (1745) 89 Those that lay in Camp took Example of their Commanders. 1777 Brit. Palladium No. 29. 39 This Lady taking example by him, clapt two poisonous Asps to her Breasts, and so died. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xx. 205 Take example by your father, my boy, and be wery careful o' widders. 1869 J. M. Duncan Pract. Treat. Perimetritis & Parametritis 4 Taking example from the heart and other organs, he proposes to use peri to imply inflammation of serous membrane. 1938 H. Granville-Barker Quality 11 Authors..who set out in a businesslike way to supply what is supposed to be most in demand..taking example by the latest best seller. 1998 Gramophone Jan. 86/1 A weird biblical text exhorting layabouts to take example from the industrious ant. †b. To be deterred from an act, course of action, etc., by the fate or punishment of (a person who has previously acted in the same way). Also with the fate or punishment as prepositional object. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 7049 (MED) Of his foly þat he be chastysed, Þat oþer may exaumple by hym take. a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) l. 2295 Good men, takythe example at me... I bolne and bleyke in blody ble. a1593 C. Marlowe Massacre at Paris (c1600) sig. D5 All Rebels vnder heauen, shall take example by their punishment. c1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 318 All wratchis may tak example be this man nocht to hurd vp thair siluir. 1690 Banish'd Duke ii. 23 I'll see him shot to death, that Traytors all May take example from his Tragick fall. P3. for example: (as a sentence adverbial) by way of illustration; as an example or instance. Cf. for instance at instance n. 6b. [Compare Middle French pour exemple (late 14th cent. or earlier), Middle French, French par exemple (early 15th cent. or earlier).] ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > in the particular case [phrase] > for instance or example for example?a1439 as namely1565 exempli causa1569 exempli gratia1591 e.g.1622 ex. gr.1635 for instance1657 exemp. gratia1667 for the purpose1680 par exemple1801 sample this1998 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) vi. 717 For exaumple see houh Athenyo, That whilom was a shepperde in Ytaille..Lay in a-wait beside a gret mounteyn [Fr. Et apres tu regarde..anthonius pastor]. 1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. Liij^v As for exempill, ȝe man not say Then feir nocht Nor heir ocht. 1650 W. Charleton tr. J. B. van Helmont Deliramenta Catarrhi 30 For example, let a cold Thorne or needle be priced into any mans finger..and thereupon shall instantly ensue a violent Pulsation. 1697 J. Dryden Ded. Æneis in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. (b)3^v Can we, for Example, give the praise of Valour to a Man who shou'd see his Gods prophan'd? 1755 J. Smith Printer's Gram. 49 For example, c, i, m, p, q, u, being Latin Sorts, might be more sparingly cast. 1848 Mechanics’ Mag. 16 Sept. 319/2 Take for example a long multiplication sum; is not the process carried on by mere mechanical attention to certain laws or rules? 1915 J. Turner Let. 19 Apr. in C. Warren Somewhere in France (2019) 6 I personally am so loving you for the ripping things—the absolutely right things always (matches, for example, quite invaluable..). 1937 Daily Express 3 Mar. 5/2 Take this ‘electric eye’, for example. We're installing it in the hotel driveway to warn people in the street whenever a car's coming out. 2010 Independent 1 Apr. (Life section) 10/1 To gain protected status, foods must be linked to a specific geographical area... For example, only cheese made in Italy's Parma region can be called Parmesan. †P4. in example of: as a deterrent or warning to. Obsolete (chiefly Scottish in later use). [Compare classical Latin in exemplo, lit. ‘in example’.] ΚΠ 1444 in H. Anstey Munimenta Academica Oxf. (1868) II. 541 See and ordeyne by youre discretione that..all such as may be founde defective in that behalve be sharply punished in example of all other. 1493 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Pynson) iv. ii. sig. m.i^v/2 And god bad y^t al the people of the cite or of y^t towne. shulde sle that vnbuxum child with stones, in example of alle other. ?1532 Ordynaunces Emperour f. xxvii The woman [to be executed] by the pyt, and theyr hedes set there aboute, in example of other. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. 1253 Hanged at Greenewiche..for robberies, in example of all other. a1650 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1843) IV. 309 It were almous to punishe you in example of others. 1681 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Reformation: 2nd Pt. ii. 340 Ananias and Saphira..were declared, by the Mouth of St. Peter, to be tempted by the Devil, and to lye against the Holy Ghost, and in example of all other, punish'd with sudden Death. P5. Proverb. example is better than precept and variants: demonstrating or exhibiting a desired quality, mode of conduct, etc., oneself is a more effective means of teaching than issuing instructions or making rules. ΚΠ a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 216 Þen saythe Seynt Austeyn þat an ensampull yn doyng ys mor commendabull þen ys techyng oþer prechyng. a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 20^v Surelie, one example, is more valiable, both to good and ill, than xx. preceptes written in bookes.] 1591 A. B. in H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. To Rdr. sig. ¶3 We are easlier taught by example then by precept. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes IV. Alphabet. Table sig. bbbb2^v/2 Example prevaileth more then precept. 1677 W. Rogers Let. 27 Jan. in Christian-Quaker (1680) iv. 86 Example is a better Teacher, than Precept. a1721 M. Prior Turtle & Sparrow (1723) 190 Example draws where precept fails. 1771 Compl. Coll. Prol. & Epil. 11 Example stronger far than precept acts, And words less move us than the force of facts. 1828 D. M. Moir Life Mansie Wauch xix. 271 Example is better than precept. 1871 S. Smiles Character ii. 35 Example is far more than precept. It is instruction in action. 1914 N. Amer. Jrnl. Homeopathy 29 14 Example is above precept—practice above speech. 2015 S. S. Ravi Philos. & Sociol. Bases of Educ. x. 172 Rousseau believes in the principle that example is better than precept. P6. a. to set an example and variants [compare classical Latin exemplum pōnere] : to act or behave in a way that is considered commendable or worthy of imitation, and thereby to encourage or inspire others to act in the same way; to provide a positive model for others to follow. Also: to punish or discipline a person who has done wrong in order to deter others from acting in a similar way.Also with the person to whom the example is set as indirect object, or with to, for. ΚΠ 1534 W. Marshall tr. Erasmus Playne & Godly Expos. Commune Crede v. f. 129 Our lorde hymselfe hath prescribed a fourme and hath set vs an exaumple [L. Dominus ipse nobis formam praescripsit], whan that excedyng feare, yrkesomnes, & agonye shall come so sore vpon vs: we shall acknowlege the weyknesse of our ouwe might & strength. 1584 E. Paget tr. J. Calvin Harmonie vpon Three Euangelists 456 Christ did not at once,..but by little and little restore the blinde man his sight: the which it is likely that he did to this end, that he might in this man set an example of his free disposation. 1647 S. Marshall Serm. preached Two Houses of Parl. 29 Begin it first in your houses, set an example to others to follow you. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccxxi. 193 Pray Mother (says the Young Crab) do but set the Example your self, and I'll follow ye. 1775 Ess. Nature Colonies iv. 28 This would be extending the rights of hospitality even to matters of commerce, and would undoubtedly redound highly to the reputation of the country which should first set the example. 1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood viii. 48 If you will set me that example, I promise to follow it. 1916 H. G. Wells Mr. Britling sees it Through 240 He had succeeded in behaving with a sufficient practicality to set an example to his men. 1984 A. Smith Dan's Car in G. Ursell More Sask. Gold iii. i. 275 Armand..wanted me to fire Ramesh to set an example. 2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 9 Mar. a26/5 To make a real change in how New York City processes its waste, the government must set an example. b. to set a good (also bad, poor, wholesome, etc.) example: to act or behave in the specified way, and thereby encourage or influence others to act in the same way; to provide a good (or bad, poor, wholesome, etc.) model for others to follow.Also with the person to whom the example is set as indirect object, or with to, for. ΚΠ 1621 S. Ward Happinesse of Pract. 21 Let a Gentleman or Minister perswade Parishioners to contribute liberally to a Briefe, and set a niggardly example, and see how much lesse will come of it, then if hee said lesse, and gaue more. 1632 C. Downing Disc. State Eccl. Kingdom iii. 95 Our Royall Soveraignes pious Father, set a good example to his Majestie to follow. 1774 T. Harrington Sci. Improved v. 38 Encouraged by those who ought to set a better example. 1791 C. Stuart Gretna Green ii. 19 Never think of dying a maid, for that would be setting a bad example, and Gretna Green might then go a begging. 1855 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Jan. 66/1 Does nature in those fierce night-brawlers, the billows, set mankind but a sorry example? 1929 Travel Jan. 10/1 Rising in the manner of a good militaire, which he was not, set a wholesome example. 1975 Mil. Affairs 39 124/2 The old generals..set a poor example for the rising younger officers. 1987 R. Bujang Boria 37 He rebukes them for their behaviour in setting a bad example to the neighbourhood. 2011 Central Queensland News (Nexis) 23 Dec. 4 Queensland parents are being encouraged to set a good example by drinking responsibly around their children this festive season. †P7. of bad (also ill) example: (of a thing or action) that is sinful, immoral, or otherwise undesirable, and likely to be imitated; that is or is likely to be a bad influence. Obsolete. [Originally after Middle French de mauvais exemple (late 14th cent.; French de mauvais exemple); compare classical Latin malī exemplī.] ΚΠ 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin xiii. 773 He absteined not from the action of many things of yll example [Fr. de mauuais exemple, It. di pessimo exemplo]. 1588 G. Babington Profitable Expos. Lords Prayer vi. 407 By actions man tempteth when either by woordes or deedes of bad example they alure other to sinne and euill. 1749 J. J. Hornyold Real Princ. Catholicks 324 Scandal therefore, is a Sin of bad Example, which is apt to draw or induce other Persons into Sin. 1808 R. Southey tr. Chron. Cid xi. xxvii. 361 It is a thing of bad example for Monasteries and Religioners. 1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. ii. 57 Some people will say these are little things; they are not; they are of bad example. 1916 J. A. Ballentine Law Dict. Words, Terms, Abbrev. & Phrases 405 Although anything may not be evil in itself, yet if it is of bad example, it is not to be done. extracted from examplen. < as lemmas
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