From Merriam-Webster online:
Main Entry: ex·am·ple
Pronunciation: \ig-ˈzam-pəl\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French essample, example, from Latin exemplum, from eximere to take out, from ex- + emere to take — more at redeem
Date: 14th century
1: one that serves as a pattern to be imitated or not to be imitated <a good example> <a bad example>
2: a punishment inflicted on someone as a warning to others ; also : an individual so punished
3: one (as an item or incident) that is representative of all of a group or type
4: a parallel or closely similar case especially when serving as a precedent or model
5: an instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate a rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of a rule
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