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Assay

Trial; attempt; essay.

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Broader term 14

Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Analyse 76% connected

Alt. of Analyser

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Analyze 76% connected

To subject to analysis; to resolve (anything complex) into its elements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of…

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Appraisal 76% connected

A valuation by an authorized person; an appraisement.

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Assessment 76% connected

The act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; as, an assessment of damages, or of taxes; an assessment of the members of a club.

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Canvass 76% connected

To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its p…

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Examine 76% connected

To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection o…

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Report 76% connected

To refer.

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Run 76% connected

of Run

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Study 76% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

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Substance 76% connected

That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in whic…

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Test 76% connected

A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.

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Trial 76% connected

The act of trying or testing in any manner.

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Manner of action 11

Adventure 76% connected

That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.

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Chance 76% connected

A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified.

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Endeavor 76% connected

To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt.

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Experiment 76% connected

Atrial or special observation, made to confirm or disprove something doubtful; esp., one under conditions determined by the experimenter; an act or o…

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Fight 76% connected

To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to…

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Gamble 76% connected

To play or game for money or other stake.

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Grope 76% connected

To feel with or use the hands; to handle.

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Hazard 76% connected

A game of chance played with dice.

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Risk 76% connected

Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.

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Strive 76% connected

To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard.

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Struggle 76% connected

To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.

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Countercheck 76% connected

To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.

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Derivationally related 6

Assayer 74% connected

One who assays. Specifically: One who examines metallic ores or compounds, for the purpose of determining the amount of any particular metal in the s…

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Assayer 74% connected

One who assays. Specifically: One who examines metallic ores or compounds, for the purpose of determining the amount of any particular metal in the s…

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Essayer 74% connected

One who essays.

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Essayer 74% connected

One who essays.

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Try 74% connected

To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from th…

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Try 74% connected

To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from th…

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See also 2

Essay 66% connected

An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend.

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Essay 66% connected

An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend.

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Synonym 5

Attempt 92% connected

To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight.

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Check 92% connected

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

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Essay 92% connected

An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Seek 92% connected

Sick.

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Try 92% connected

To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from th…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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