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make trial of

make trial of verb: to check the quality, reliability, performance or genuineness of (something or someone).

Verb

make trial of (third-person singular simple present makes trial of, present participle making trial of, simple past and past participle made trial of)

  1. (archaic, idiomatic) To check the quality, reliability, performance or genuineness of (something or someone).
    • […] he supposed it better, rather to craue the doubtfull mercie of his lord, than to make triall of the earle of Murreis certeine reuenge.1587, Raphael Holinshed, et al, Holinshed’s Chronicles, volume 2, London: Henry Denham, page 315
    • […] I thought among other things of the following Experiment, and made Trial of it.1675, Robert Boyle, Experimental Notes of the Mechanical Origine or Production of Fixtness, Oxford: R. Davis, Section 2, Experiment 9, p. 66

Synonyms of make trial of

Forms of make trial of

third-person singular presentmakes trial of
present participlemaking trial of
past participlemade trial of
pastmade trial of

Questions about make trial of

What does make trial of mean?
Make trial of means to check the quality, reliability, performance or genuineness of (something or someone).
What part of speech is make trial of?
Make trial of is a verb.
What is the past tense of make trial of?
The past tense of make trial of is made trial of.

Words near make trial of in the dictionary

  1. make time with
  2. make to order
  3. make to stock
  4. make tracks
  5. make tracks for
  6. make trial of
  7. make up
  8. make up for lost time
  9. make up one's mind
  10. make up the numbers
  11. make up to

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