Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

make trial of

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.84 in modern English

Syllables: make -tri-al of
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To check the quality, reliability, performance or genuineness of (something or someone).

Archaic

Example Sentences

"[…] he supposed it better, rather to craue the doubtfull mercie of his lord, than to make triall of the earle of Murreis certeine reuenge."
"1675, Robert Boyle, Experimental Notes of the Mechanical Origine or Production of Fixtness, Oxford: R. Davis, Section 2, Experiment 9, p. 66, […] I thought among other things of the following Experiment, and made Trial of it."
"It [lime] is the wood, which the ingenious Gibbon used, after making trial of several kinds, as the most proper for that curious sculpture, which adorns some of the old houses of our nobility."
"[…] he stood up in the midst with his face to the door, and drawing his great sword, made trial of the room he had to wield it in."
"1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, New York: Quality Paperback Book Club, 2001, Book 2, Chapter 10, p. 415, Will you not at least let me make trial of my plan?"

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

makes trial of (present, singular) making trial of (participle, present) made trial of (participle, past) made trial of (past)

Synonyms

assay prove put to the test test try try out

Questions

What does make trial of mean?: To check the quality, reliability, performance or genuineness of (something or someone).

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