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assay
English
Etymology
From Middle English assay (noun) and assayen (verb), from Anglo-Norman assai (noun) and Anglo-Norman assaier (verb), from Old French essai. Doublet of essay.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æse?/, /??se?/
- Rhymes: -e?
Noun
assay (plural assays)
- Trial, attempt.
- Examination and determination; test.
- The qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something.
- Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
- Tested purity or value.
- The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin.
- The alloy or metal to be assayed.
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Translations
Verb
assay (third-person singular simple present assays, present participle assaying, simple past and past participle assayed)
- (transitive) To attempt (something). [from 14th c.]
- 1936, Alfred Edward Housman, More Poems, IV, The Sage to the Young Man, ll.5-8:
- 2011, ‘All-pro, anti-American’, The Economist, 28 May:
- 1936, Alfred Edward Housman, More Poems, IV, The Sage to the Young Man, ll.5-8:
- (archaic, intransitive) To try, attempt (to do something). [14th-19th c.]
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts IX:
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts IX:
- (transitive) To analyze or estimate the composition or value of (a metal, ore etc.). [from 15th c.]
- (obsolete, transitive) To test the abilities of (someone) in combat; to fight. [15th-17th c.]
- To affect.
- To try tasting, as food or drink.
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Derived terms
Further reading
- assay on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Asays, Yassa
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman assai, from Late Latin exagium.
Alternative forms
- assai, assaie, asaie, assaye, asay, say, sai
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?s?i?/, /?as?i?/, /s?i?/
- Rhymes: -?i?
Noun
assay (plural assayes)
- Examining; investigation, looking into, research:
- Trialling, assaying; the ensuring of quality (usually of a substance, but also of a document)
- The trial or testing of one's personality or personal qualities.
- An attack (as a trial of one's mettle or ability on the battlefield)
- The trialling of comestibles or nourishments (mostly in ceremony)
- A try or effort towards something.
- (rare) Facts in support in assertion; evidence.
- (rare) One's personality; the nature of something or someone.
- (rare) A deed, action or doing; an endeavour or business.
Derived terms
- assaier
- assayen
- assaynge
Descendants
- English: assay, say
- Scots: assay, say, sey
References
- “assai, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-17.
- “sai, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-17.
Etymology 2
Verb
assay
- Alternative form of assayen
assay From the web:
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belief
English
Etymology
From Middle English bileve, from Old English l?afa, from Proto-Germanic *laubô. Compare German Glaube (“faith, belief”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??li?f/, /b??li?f/
- Rhymes: -i?f
- Hyphenation: be?lief
Noun
belief (countable and uncountable, plural beliefs)
- Mental acceptance of a claim as true.
- Faith or trust in the reality of something; often based upon one's own reasoning, trust in a claim, desire of actuality, and/or evidence considered.
- (countable) Something believed.
- (uncountable) The quality or state of believing.
- (uncountable) Religious faith.
- (in the plural) One's religious or moral convictions.
Derived terms
- beliefful
- beyond belief
- disbelief
- forebelief
- self-belief
- unbelief
- wanbelief
Related terms
- believe
Translations
Anagrams
- befile, belfie
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
belief
- imperative of believen
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [b??li?f]
- Hyphenation: be?lief
Verb
belief
- first-person singular preterite of belaufen
- third-person singular preterite of belaufen
belief From the web:
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