Main Entry:

²sample

Function:

transitive verb

Inflected Form(s):

sam·pled; sam·pling \-p(ə-)liŋ\

Date:

1767

1: to take a sample of or from ; especially : to judge the quality of by a sample : test <sampled his output for defects> <sample a wine>2: to use a segment of (another's musical recording) as part of one's own recording