retestn.
/ˈriːtɛst/, U.S. /ˈriˌtɛst/ The action or process of testing something again or more extensively; an instance of this, a second or further test.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [noun] > again
retesting1848
retest1855
1855 E. G. Fawcett in Papers Tanna Collectorate (1866) 56 The Superintendent states that this result was proved by retests taken by himself.
1887 Daily News 20 May 3/3 Those only which passed the re-test will be placed in store.
1907 Treasury Decisions under Customs & Other Laws 13 183 Samples for retest shall be made up from the reserved portion of the mark.
1954 K. Russell Princ. Dairy Farming (ed. 2) ii. 29 Should an official test..reveal the presence of one or more reactors the herd is classified as ‘supervised’ and is subject to an official re-test.
2006 Family Circle Nov. 96/3 You will be asked to return for a re-test. If they are still abnormal, you'll need a colposcopy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
retestv.
/ˌriːˈtɛst/, U.S. /riˈtɛst/ transitive. To test again or more extensively.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > try or test [verb (transitive)] > again
retrya1673
retest1778
resample1821
re-prove1881
1778 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. sig. N2 Re-tested the double-shaft plow, after having lain eleven months dormant.
1843 Iron 38 411/1 Act the Second opens with Dr. Ure..busy in his laboratory re-testing the liquor in dispute.
1863 E. T. Olver Shilling Tariff 92 Wine which has been fortified..after assessment will be re-tested.
1910 Jrnl. Hygiene 10 297 Several filtrates..were kept six weeks in the cold room and were then retested by subcutaneous inoculation on healthy guinea-pigs.
1967 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 113 261/2 It was thought worth while to retest the patients after they had been refed, thus using each patient as his or her own control.
2004 Guardian 22 May (Chemical World Suppl.) 21/2 The EU..has ordered all garden chemicals on sale before 1994 to be retested for safety.
Derivatives
reˈtested adj.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [adjective] > tried or tested > again
retested1886
1886 Ann. Rep. Chief of Ordnance 326 The retesting..necessarily delays completion of a contract if the retested piece is finally rejected.
1926 Rep. Agric. Exper. Stations 1925 122/2 All of 157 males tested, including 61 retested males in infected flocks, gave negative reaction.
1998 Palm Beach (Florida) Post (Nexis) 16 May b1 While the sheriff's lab found no or very small traces of morphine in the retested samples, the independent lab found lethal levels.
reˈtesting n.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [noun] > again
retesting1848
retest1855
1848 London Med. Gaz. 6 864/2 A retesting of our whole medical knowledge might not be undesirable.
1967 Brain 90 657 The difference between subjects is considerably greater than any variation occurring in the performance of an individual subject in retesting.
1996 Independent 25 June i. 3/4 The National Union of Teachers and the National Association of Headteachers had been consulted and supported the retesting.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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