transitive. To have experience of; to test, to try, make trial of.

transitive. To put to the test; to prove, try out; to test by experiment or experience. Also: to experience, undergo.

transitive. To make experiment of, prove, try (something); also, to follow after, practise.

transitive. To seek understanding or knowledge of (a subject, situation, etc.) through close examination or careful consideration; to inquire into…

To ascertain or establish by trial (a fact, the existence of anything, etc.). Also with object and infinitive, and with sentence as object. Obsolete.

To ascertain or prove by experiment or observation; chiefly with sentence as object. Also rarely, To prove or reveal (a thing) to (a person) by…

transitive. To pierce, penetrate, or examine with a probe, esp. something sharp, in order to test or explore; (also) to search (a person's body)…

To test the effect or operation of; to use, apply, or practise tentatively or by way of experiment; to experiment with. try an experiment: to make…

With infinitive (in senses 2–4): To plan, plot, devise, contrive, find out how (to do something).

In figurative contexts: To measure, or ascertain, as by sounding.

That by which the existence, quality, or genuineness of anything is or may be determined; ‘means of trial’ (Johnson); hence, in phrases to bringor…

transitive. figurative. To get to the bottom of, to think about or examine in depth; to explore or experience the emotional depths or lowest points…

transitive. To search out or explore by feeling or testing; to touch or reach for cautiously or tentatively.

To attempt to show or prove. Obsolete.

To subject to a test of any kind; to try, put to the proof; to ascertain the existence, genuineness, or quality of. to test out, to put (a theory…

transitive. To measure or judge as with a plumb line. Also intransitive.

to try out: to test the advantages, possibilities, or qualities of (a material or immaterial thing); also, to test (a person). Originally U.S.