Trial
['traɪəl]
Definition
(noun.) (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law; 'he had a fair trial and the jury found him guilty'; 'most of these complaints are settled before they go to trial'.
(noun.) trying something to find out about it; 'a sample for ten days free trial'; 'a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain'.
(noun.) an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event; 'his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him'; 'life is full of tribulations'; 'a visitation of the plague'.
(noun.) (sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications; 'the trials for the semifinals began yesterday'.
Inputed by Betty--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of trying or testing in any manner.
(n.) Any effort or exertion of strength for the purpose of ascertaining what can be done or effected.
(n.) The act of testing by experience; proof; test.
(n.) Examination by a test; experiment, as in chemistry, metallurgy, etc.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
Checked by Amy
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Testing, examination, experiment.[2]. Experience, experimental knowledge.[3]. Attempt, endeavor, effort, essay, exertion, struggle, aim.[4]. Test, criterion, proof, touchstone, ordeal, assay.[5]. Suffering, trouble, affliction, grief, sorrow, distress, tribulation, misery, woe.[6]. Suit, case, cause, action.
Checker: Sheena
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Test, gauge, experiment, temptation, trouble, affliction, grief, burden,suffering, attempt, endeavor, proof, essay, criterion, ordeal, tribulation,verification
ANT:Non-trial, non-probation, mismeasurement, miscalculation, misestimate, trifle,triviality, alleviation, relief, disburdenment, refreshment, non-attempt,pretermission, oversight, disregard, non-verification
Editor: Michel
Definition
n. a trying: the act of trying: examination by a test: the state of being tried: suffering: temptation: judicial examination: attempt: a piece of ware used to test the heat of a kiln.—ns. Trī′al-day (Shak.) day of trial; Trī′al-fire (Shak.) a fire for trying or proving; Trī′al-trip an experimental trip of a new vessel to test her sailing-powers &c.—On trial on probation as an experiment.
Editor: Manuel
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges advocates and jurors. In order to effect this purpose it is necessary to supply a contrast in the person of one who is called the defendant the prisoner or the accused. If the contrast is made sufficiently clear this person is made to undergo such an affliction as will give the virtuous gentlemen a comfortable sense of their immunity added to that of their worth. In our day the accused is usually a human being or a socialist but in mediaeval times animals fishes reptiles and insects were brought to trial. A beast that had taken human life or practiced sorcery was duly arrested tried and if condemned put to death by the public executioner. Insects ravaging grain fields orchards or vineyards were cited to appeal by counsel before a civil tribunal and after testimony argument and condemnation if they continued in contumaciam the matter was taken to a high ecclesiastical court where they were solemnly excommunicated and anathematized. In a street of Toledo some pigs that had wickedly run between the viceroy's legs upsetting him were arrested on a warrant tried and punished. In Naples an ass was condemned to be burned at the stake but the sentence appears not to have been executed. D'Addosio relates from the court records many trials of pigs bulls horses cocks dogs goats etc. greatly it is believed to the betterment of their conduct and morals. In 1451 a suit was brought against the leeches infesting some ponds about Berne and the Bishop of Lausanne instructed by the faculty of Heidelberg University directed that some of 'the aquatic worms ' be brought before the local magistracy. This was done and the leeches both present and absent were ordered to leave the places that they had infested within three days on pain of incurring 'the malediction of God. ' In the voluminous records of this cause celebre nothing is found to show whether the offenders braved the punishment or departed forthwith out of that inhospitable jurisdiction.
Editor: Susanna
Examples
- Prepare the Castle-hall for the trial of the sorceress. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- He said, I have been through nearly every form of trial that human flesh is heir to, and I find that _there is nothing in life to fear but sin_. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This would be a trial. Jane Austen. Emma.
- As he took a chair himself, he supplied the link that Mr. Lorry wanted, by saying to him with a frown, Witness at that trial. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I wanted to see how you would come out of the trial, Trot; and you came out nobly--persevering, self-reliant, self-denying! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- As is the custom upon Barsoom there were thirty-one, supposedly selected by lot from men of the noble class, for nobles were on trial. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- We passed a few sad hours, until eleven o'clock, when the trial was to commence. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- In the case of most animals the new generation is on trial in a year or less. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The trial came on at once, and, when he was put to the bar, he was seated in a chair. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Its performance on its first trial trip was absolutely astounding to every observer. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This means that definite coordinations of activities of the eyes in seeing and of the body and head in striking are perfected in a few trials. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I wish you _would_ have some kind of sympathy for my trials; you never have any feeling for me. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He's been through so many little trials of the sort, he's used to it, and will soon get over his lovelornity. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Three other engines competed with the Rocket, two of which had attained great speed on previous trials. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- My daughter has had her trials, sir'--Mr Rugg might have used the word more pointedly in the singular number--'and she can feel for you. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- In the autumn, new trials and experiences came to Meg. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It is so easy to see the successful result, so difficult to appreciate the trials that have been undergone. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Her death was tranquil and happy in Rose's guardian arms, for Rose had been her stay and defence through many trials. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It is also noted that In 1874 Edison invented a method of simultaneous transmission by induced currents, which has given very satisfactory results in experimental trials. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- All the fifteen were condemned, and the trials of the whole occupied an hour and a half. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
Typist: Rex