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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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