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