Usually means: Test to determine substance composition.
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  1. assay: Merriam-Webster
  2. assay: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. assay: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. assay: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. Assay, assay: Wordnik
  7. assay: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. assay: Wiktionary
  9. assay: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. assay: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. assay: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. assay: Dictionary.com
  13. assay (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Assay: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Assay: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. assay: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  19. assay: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. assay: FreeDictionary.org
  21. assay: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  23. assay: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  24. assay: Merriam-Webster

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  2. assay: Webster's New World Finance & Investment Dictionary
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  1. assay: Encyclopedia

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  1. assay: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  7. assay: Prostate Cancer Interactive Glossary
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  9. assay: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
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  11. assay: Medical dictionary
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Science (1 matching dictionary)
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  1. Assay: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  Trial, attempt.
noun:  Examination and determination; test.
noun:  The qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something.
noun:  Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
noun:  Tested purity or value.
noun:  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.
noun:  The alloy or metal to be assayed.
verb:  (transitive) To attempt (something).
verb:  (archaic, intransitive) To try, attempt (to do something).
verb:  (transitive) To analyze or estimate the composition or value of (a metal, ore etc.).
verb:  (obsolete, transitive) To test the abilities of (someone) in combat; to fight.
verb:  To affect.
verb:  To try tasting, as food or drink.

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