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Trial

The act of trying or testing in any manner.

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Affliction 76% connected

The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief.

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Attempt 76% 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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Competition 76% connected

The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for supe…

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Contest 76% connected

To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute.

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Effort 76% connected

An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle…

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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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Experimentation 76% connected

The act of experimenting; practice by experiment.

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Proceeding 76% connected

of Proceed

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Try 76% 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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Assay 76% connected

Trial; attempt; essay.

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Audition 76% connected

The act of hearing or listening; hearing.

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clinical trial 76% connected

A study that tests a treatment or healthcare approach in people.

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Court-martial 76% connected

A court consisting of military or naval officers, for the trial of one belonging to the army or navy, or of offenses against military or naval law.

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Fire 76% connected

The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

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Fitting 76% connected

of Fit

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Mistrial 76% connected

A false or erroneous trial; a trial which has no result.

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Mot 76% connected

of Mot

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Ordeal 76% connected

An ancient form of test to determine guilt or innocence, by appealing to a supernatural decision, -- once common in Europe, and still practiced in th…

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Retrial 76% connected

A secdond trial, experiment, or test; a second judicial trial, as of an accused person.

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Examine 74% 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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Examine 74% 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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Test 74% connected

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

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Test 74% connected

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

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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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Component part 6

Defence 70% connected

See Defense.

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Defense 70% connected

Alt. of Defence

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Demurrer 70% connected

One who demurs.

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Denial 70% connected

The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation.

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Plea 70% connected

That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause; in a stricter sense, an allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer; in…

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Prosecution 70% connected

The act or process of prosecuting, or of endeavoring to gain or accomplish something; pursuit by efforts of body or mind; as, the prosecution of a sc…

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Synonym 4

Run 92% connected

of Run

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Test 92% connected

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

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Tribulation 92% connected

That which occasions distress, trouble, or vexation; severe affliction.

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Visitation 92% connected

The act of visiting, or the state of being visited; access for inspection or examination.

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