Phrase guide

make trial of

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, idiomatic

Examples

  • 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.
  • 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?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: assay, prove, put to the test, test, try, try out

Antonyms: none provided

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