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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.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ure to this entry?)
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
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judgement
English
Noun
judgement (countable and uncountable, plural judgements)
- (chiefly Commonwealth of Nations) Alternative spelling of judgment.
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