Definitions of test
-
To
refine,
as
gold
or
silver,
in
a
test,
or
cupel;
to
subject
to
cupellation.
-
To
put
to
the
proof;
to
prove
the
truth,
genuineness,
or
quality
of
by
experiment,
or
by
some
principle
or
standard;
to
try;
as,
to
test
the
soundness
of
a
principle;
to
test
the
validity
of
an
argument.
-
To
put
to
the
proof;
to
try
to
find
a
particular
substance
in;
as,
to
test
rice
for
starch;
to
compare
with
a
standard.
-
To
put
to
proof:
to
examine
critically.
-
To
put
to
proof;
try
by
a
standard.
-
To
try
by
experiment;
prove.
-
To
attest.
-
To
make
a
testament,
or
will.
-
put
to
the
test,
as
for
its
quality,
or
give
experimental
use
to; "
This
approach
has
been
tried
with
good
results"; "
Test
this
recipe"
-
test
or
examine
for
the
presence
of
disease
or
infection; "
screen
the
blood
for
the
HIV
virus"
-
show
a
certain
characteristic
when
tested; "
He
tested
positive
for
HIV"
-
undergo
a
test; "
She
doesn't
test
well"
-
achieve
a
certain
score
or
rating
on
a
test; "
She
tested
high
on
the
LSAT
and
was
admitted
to
all
the
good
law
schools"
-
To
prove
the
truth
or
genuineness
of
by
experiment;
to
try;
to
refine
gold
or
silver
by
certain
processes.
-
To
attest
and
date.
-
To
bring
to
a
trial
and
examination;
to
compare
with
a
standard;
to
prove
by
experiment;
to
put
to
the
proof;
to
refine,
as
gold
or
silver,
by
means
of
the
test.
-
an
assay
conducted
for
diagnostic
purposes
-
any
standardized
procedure
for
measuring
sensitivity
or
memory
or
intelligence
or
aptitude
etc; "
the
test
was
standardized
on
a
large
sample
of
students"
-
the
act
of
undergoing
testing; "
he
survived
the
great
test
of
battle"; "
candidates
must
compete
in
a
trial
of
skill"
-
a
hard
outer
covering
as
of
some
amoebas
and
sea
urchins
-
trying
something
to
find
out
about
it; "
a
sample
for
ten
days
free
trial"; "
a
trial
of
progesterone
failed
to
relieve
the
pain"
-
determine
the
presence
or
properties
of (
a
substance)
-
A
cupel
or
cupelling
hearth
in
which
precious
metals
are
melted
for
trial
and
refinement.
-
Examination
or
trial
by
the
cupel;
hence,
any
critical
examination
or
decisive
trial;
as,
to
put
a
man's
assertions
to
a
test.
-
Means
of
trial;
as,
absence
is
a
test
of
love.
-
That
with
which
anything
is
compared
for
proof
of
its
genuineness;
a
touchstone;
a
standard.
-
Discriminative
characteristic;
standard
of
judgment;
ground
of
admission
or
exclusion.
-
Judgment;
distinction;
discrimination.
-
A
reaction
employed
to
recognize
or
distinguish
any
particular
substance
or
constituent
of
a
compound,
as
the
production
of
some
characteristic
precipitate;
also,
the
reagent
employed
to
produce
such
reaction;
thus,
the
ordinary
test
for
sulphuric
acid
is
the
production
of
a
white
insoluble
precipitate
of
barium
sulphate
by
means
of
some
soluble
barium
salt.
-
Alt.
of
Testa
-
Proof;
a
close
examination
or
a
decisive
trial;
as,
he
stood
the
test;
means
of
proving
strength
or
worth;
in
chemistry,
an
experiment
for
discovering
the
presence
of
any
substance
in
a
compound.
-
Tester.
-
A
pot
in
which
metals
are
tried
and
refined:
any
critical
trial:
means
of
trial: (
chem.)
anything
used
to
distinguish
substances
or
detect
their
presence,
a
reagent:
standard:
proof:
distinction.
-
A
vessel
in
which
metals
are
assayed;
any
critical
trial;
standard;
proof.
-
An
experiment
to
determine
the
true
character
of
something.
-
A
trial.
-
A
criterion
or
standard.
-
A
large
cupel,
or
a
vessel
in
which
metals
are
melted
for
trial
and
refinement;
examination
by
the
cupel;
any
critical
trial
and
examination;
trial;
means
of
trial;
a
standard;
judgment;
distinction;
a
substance
employed
to
detect
any
unknown
constituent
of
a
compound.
-
The
vessel
in
which
a
metal
is
tried;
any
critical
trial
or
examination;
anything
used
to
distinguish
substances,
or
to
detect
their
presence;
standard;
criterion;
proof.
-
An
oath
which
military
and
civil
officers
were
obliged
to
take
against
Popery
under
the
celebrated
Test
Act,
repealed
in
1828;
an
oath
or
affirmation
generally.
-
The
shell
or
hardened
outer
covering
of
Crustaceans
and
other
invertebrates.
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