test

/test/

#478 of the most-used English words

noun

1. A challenge, trial.
2. A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
3. (academia) An examination, given often during the academic term.
4. A session in which a product or piece of equipment is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.

Similar: examination, quiz

verb

1. To challenge.
   "Climbing the mountain tested our stamina."
2. To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
3. To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try.
   "to test the soundness of a principle; to test the validity of an argument"
4. (academics) To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).

noun

1. A witness.

verb

1. To attest (a document) legally, and date it.
2. To make a testament, or will.