Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example \Ex*am"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exampled}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Exampling}.]
   To set an example for; to give a precedent for; to exemplify;
   to give an instance of; to instance. [Obs.] ``I may example
   my digression by some mighty precedent.'' --Shak.

         Burke devoted himself to this duty with a fervid
         assiduity that has not often been exampled, and has
         never been surpassed.                    --J. Morley.