assay
verb (used with object)
to examine or analyze.
have assayed
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present perfectof assay.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It seems all but a right of passage for British actors to portray Winston Churchill, with Richard Burton, Albert Finney and Timothy Spall among the many thespians who have assayed the legendary prime minister.
From Washington Times ● May 29, 2017
The first part I have told you in the three sermons past, in which I have assayed to set forth my plough, to prove what I could do.
From Sermons on the Card by Henry Morley
And I know some of them who are accounted the learnedst in the land, have assayed their wits and used their pens to object against this.
From The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation by James Kerr
Jesu defend me, said Sir Launcelot, when so many kings and knights have assayed and failed, that I should presume upon me to enchieve that all ye, my lords, might not enchieve.
From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 by Sir Thomas Malory
Seven or eight of great wit and worth have assayed, but found those Essais no attempt for French apprentises or Littletonians.
From Shakspere and Montaigne by Jacob Feis
