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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tested 
  adj  1:  tested  and  proved  useful  or  correct;  "a  tested  method"  [syn: 
  {tried},  {well-tried}] 
  2:  tested  and  proved  to  be  reliable  [syn:  {time-tested},  {tried}, 
  {tried  and  true}] 




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