n.
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form: sam · pled ; sam · pling \ -p( ə -)li ŋ \
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