verb
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To challenge.
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Climbing the mountain tested our stamina.
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To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
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To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try.
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to test the soundness of a principle; to test the validity of an argument
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(academics) To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).
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To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.
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To be shown to be by test.
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He tested positive for cancer.
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To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.
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to test a solution by litmus paper