Syn. -- Method; manner. See Method.
Mod"el (?), n. [F. modèle, It. modello, fr. (assumed) L. modellus, fr.
modulus a small measure, dim. of modus. See Mode, and cf. Module.] 1. A
miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due
proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size.
In charts, in maps, and eke in models made.
Gascoigne.
I had my father's signet in my purse, Which was the model of that
Danish seal.
Shak.
You have the models of several ancient temples, though the temples
and the gods are perished.
Addison.
2. Something intended to serve, or that may serve, as a pattern of
something to be made; a material representation or embodiment of an
ideal; sometimes, a drawing; a plan; as, the clay model of a sculpture;
the inventor's model of a machine.
[The application for a patent] must be accompanied by a full
description of the invention, with drawings and a model where the
case admits of it.
Am. Cyc.
When we mean to build We first survey the plot, then draw the
model.
Shak.
3. Anything which serves, or may serve, as an example for imitation;
as, a government formed on the model of the American constitution; a
model of eloquence, virtue, or behavior.