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prototype

Roget category 22

1. Words expressing abstract relations
1.2. Relation
›› 1.2.3. Partial relation

#22. [Thing copied.] Prototype

noun

prototype, original, model, pattern, precedent, standard, ideal, reference, scantling, typearchetype, antitypeprotoplast, module, exemplar, example, ensample, paradigmlay-figure.
text, copy, designfugleman, keynote.
die, moldmatrix, last, plasmproplasm, protoplasmmintseal, punch, intaglio, negativestamp.

verb

be an example, be a role model, set an example set a copy.

phrase

a precedent embalms a principle [Lat.Tran] [Disraeli]; exempla sunt odiosa [Lat.].

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