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   Trial , n. [From Try.]
   The act of trying or testing in any manner. Specifically: --
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   (a) Any effort or exertion of strength for the purpose of ascertaining what can be done or effected.
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   [I] defy thee to the trial of mortal fight.
   Milton.
   
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   (b) The act of testing by experience; proof; test.
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   Repeated trials of the issues and events of actions.
   Bp. Wilkins.
   
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   (c) Examination by a test; experiment, as in chemistry, metallurgy, etc.
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   The state of being tried or tempted; exposure to suffering that tests strength, patience, faith, or the like; affliction or temptation that exercises and proves the graces or virtues of men.
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   Others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings.
   Heb. xi. 36.
   
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   That which tries or afflicts; that which harasses; that which tries the character or principles; that which tempts to evil; as, his child's conduct was a sore trial.
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   Every station is exposed to some trials.
   Rogers.
   
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   (Law) The formal examination of the matter in issue in a cause before a competent tribunal; the mode of determining a question of fact in a court of law; the examination, in legal form, of the facts in issue in a cause pending before a competent tribunal, for the purpose of determining such issue.
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   Syn. -- Test; attempt; endeavor; effort; experiment; proof; essay. See Test, and Attempt.
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