To taste, sample, or otherwise test in order to determine strength, effect, worth, or desirability, To conduct the trial of (a legal claim), To make an effort; strive, transitive verb_ To purify or refine, as metals; to melt out, and procure in a pure state, as oil, tallow, lard, etc, To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test, obsolete To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out, noun_ The act of trying; a trial; experiment; effort, A sieve; riddle; screen, An attempt; an effor