pattern (n.) Old form(s): patterne
precedent, previous example
KJ III.iv.16[King Philip to Lewis the Dauphin] Well could I bear that England had this praise, / So we could find some pattern of our shame
Tit V.iii.43[Titus to Saturninus, of the story of Virginius] A pattern, precedent, and lively warrant / For me, most wretched, to perform the like
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