Test \Test\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tested; p. pr. & vb. n. Testing.]

1. (Metal.) To refine, as gold or silver, in a test, or cupel; to subject to cupellation.

2. 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.

Experience is the surest standard by which to test the real tendency of the existing constitution. --Washington.

3. (Chem.) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent; as, to test a solution by litmus paper.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)