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The act of trying or testing in any manner. |
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Any effort or exertion of strength for the purpose of
ascertaining what can be done or effected. |
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The act of testing by experience; proof; test. |
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Examination by a test; experiment, as in chemistry,
metallurgy, etc. |
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The state of being tried or tempted; exposure to suffering
that tests strength, patience, faith, or the like; affliction or
temptation that exercises and proves the graces or virtues of men. |
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That which tries or afflicts; that which harasses; that
which tries the character or principles; that which tempts to evil; as,
his child's conduct was a sore trial. |
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The formal examination of the matter in issue in a cause
before a competent tribunal; the mode of determining a question of fact
in a court of law; the examination, in legal form, of the facts in
issue in a cause pending before a competent tribunal, for the purpose
of determining such issue. |
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