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(1):

(n.) Any effort or exertion of strength for the purpose of ascertaining what can be done or effected.

(2):

(n.) The act of testing by experience; proof; test.

(3):

(n.) Examination by a test; experiment, as in chemistry, metallurgy, etc.

(4):

(n.) The state of being tried or tempted; exposure to suffering that tests strength, patience, faith, or the like; affliction or temptation that exercises and proves the graces or virtues of men.

(5):

(n.) The act of trying or testing in any manner.

(6):

(n.) The formal examination of the matter in issue in a cause before a competent tribunal; the mode of determining a question of fact in a court of law; the examination, in legal form, of the facts in issue in a cause pending before a competent tribunal, for the purpose of determining such issue.

(7):

(n.) That which tries or afflicts; that which harasses; that which tries the character or principles; that which tempts to evil; as, his child's conduct was a sore trial.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Trial'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/trial.html. 1828.
 
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