"assay" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæseɪ/, /əˈseɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-assay.wav [Southern-England] Forms: assays [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Middle English assay (noun) and assayen (verb), from Anglo-Norman assai (noun) and Anglo-Norman assaier (verb), from Old French essai. Doublet of essay. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|assay|pos=noun}} Middle English assay (noun), {{m|enm|assayen|pos=verb}} assayen (verb), {{der|en|xno|assai|pos=noun}} Anglo-Norman assai (noun), {{der|en|xno|assaier|pos=verb}} Anglo-Norman assaier (verb), {{der|en|fro|essai}} Old French essai, {{doublet|en|essay}} Doublet of essay Head templates: {{en-noun}} assay (plural assays)
  1. Trial, attempt. Translations (trial, attempt, essay): sınaq (Azerbaijani), опит (opit) (Bulgarian), проба (proba) (Bulgarian), assaig [masculine] (Catalan), temptativa [feminine] (Catalan), prova [feminine] (Catalan), pokus [masculine] (Czech), zkouška [feminine] (Czech), yritys (Finnish), essai [masculine] (French), test [masculine] (French), Versuch [masculine] (German), Prüfung [feminine] (German), Test [masculine] (German), Untersuchung [feminine] (German), measúnú [masculine] (Irish), prova [feminine] (Italian), tentativo [masculine] (Italian), cerakin (Malay), assag [masculine] (Occitan), ensag m temptativa [feminine] (Occitan), încercare [feminine] (Romanian), tentativă [feminine] (Romanian), о́пыт (ópyt) [masculine] (Russian), испыта́ние (ispytánije) [neuter] (Russian), ensayo [masculine] (Spanish), intento [masculine] (Spanish), prueba [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-assay-en-noun-t3G5aMWt Disambiguation of 'trial, attempt, essay': 74 1 1 14 3 4 3
  2. Examination and determination; test.
    Sense id: en-assay-en-noun-~F-xW1A0
  3. The qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something. Translations (the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something): анализ (analiz) (Bulgarian), assaig [masculine] (Catalan), dosatge (Catalan), analýza [feminine] (Czech), analyysi (Finnish), essai (French), dosage (French), Assay [masculine] (German), Analyse [feminine] (German), Untersuchung [feminine] (German), analitikai biokémiai próba (Hungarian), biokémiai próba (Hungarian), analitikai próba (Hungarian), próba (Hungarian), asai (Indonesian), esai (Indonesian), measúnacht [feminine] (Irish), analisi [feminine] (Italian), saggiatura [feminine] (Italian), saggio [masculine] (Italian), obrussa [feminine] (Latin), cerakin (Malay), assag [masculine] (Occitan), dosatge [masculine] (Occitan), ensaio (Portuguese), про́ба (próba) [feminine] (Russian), ensayo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-assay-en-noun-GL2S88cg Disambiguation of 'the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something': 0 0 98 0 0 0 0
  4. Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
    Sense id: en-assay-en-noun-r4Ystz7S Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 1 2 21 15 12 15 2 2 12 12 2 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 2 3 21 11 15 10 2 2 17 8 3 3 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 1 0 0 11 8 6 6 1 1 6 3 1 1 12 12 12 12 0 1 3 1 1 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 0 0 12 9 7 6 1 1 7 3 1 1 12 12 12 12 1 1 2 1 1
  5. Tested purity or value.
    Sense id: en-assay-en-noun-ROX227Ex Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 2 3 21 11 15 10 2 2 17 8 3 3
  6. 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. Categories (topical): Gold
    Sense id: en-assay-en-noun-g-4Rewt~ Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 2 3 21 11 15 10 2 2 17 8 3 3
  7. The alloy or metal to be assayed.
    Sense id: en-assay-en-noun-cSSSh5Rg Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 2 3 21 11 15 10 2 2 17 8 3 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: assay dish, assay-dish, assay plate, assay pound, assay ton, bandshift assay, fire assay, pan-assay interference compound, specific gravity assay

Verb

IPA: /ˈæseɪ/, /əˈseɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-assay.wav [Southern-England] Forms: assays [present, singular, third-person], assaying [participle, present], assayed [participle, past], assayed [past]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Middle English assay (noun) and assayen (verb), from Anglo-Norman assai (noun) and Anglo-Norman assaier (verb), from Old French essai. Doublet of essay. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|assay|pos=noun}} Middle English assay (noun), {{m|enm|assayen|pos=verb}} assayen (verb), {{der|en|xno|assai|pos=noun}} Anglo-Norman assai (noun), {{der|en|xno|assaier|pos=verb}} Anglo-Norman assaier (verb), {{der|en|fro|essai}} Old French essai, {{doublet|en|essay}} Doublet of essay Head templates: {{en-verb}} assay (third-person singular simple present assays, present participle assaying, simple past and past participle assayed)
  1. (transitive) To attempt (something). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-assay-en-verb-kfv9Ae7T
  2. (archaic, intransitive) To try, attempt (to do something). Tags: archaic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-assay-en-verb-mFxODf86
  3. (transitive) To analyze or estimate the composition or value of (a metal, ore etc.). Tags: transitive Translations (to analyze (a metal, compound)): изпитвам (izpitvam) (Bulgarian), правя анализ (pravja analiz) (Bulgarian), contrastar (Catalan), analyzovat (Czech), analysoida (Finnish), analyser (French), analysieren (German), αναλύω (analýo) (Greek), measúnaigh (Irish), определя́ть пробу (opredeljátʹ) [feminine] (Russian), aquilatar (Spanish), analizar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-assay-en-verb-EEbW6fMh Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 2 3 21 11 15 10 2 2 17 8 3 3 Disambiguation of 'to analyze (a metal, compound)': 4 3 81 4 5 3
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To test the abilities of (someone) in combat; to fight. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-assay-en-verb-KSqpir2a
  5. To affect.
    Sense id: en-assay-en-verb-TGjkMAdF
  6. To try tasting, as food or drink.
    Sense id: en-assay-en-verb-cfT12xnN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: assay mark, assay office, bioassay, Bradford assay, immunoassay, radioimmunoassay Translations (to attempt, to try): cəhd etmək (Azerbaijani), assajar de (Catalan), provar (de) (Catalan), tractar de (Catalan), procurar de (Catalan), versuchen (German), probieren (German), пыта́ться (pytátʹsja) (Russian), probar, tratar (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'to attempt, to try': 43 39 1 2 3 12

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something",
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          "sense": "the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something",
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          "sense": "the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something",
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "trial, attempt, essay",
      "word": "sınaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "trial, attempt, essay",
      "word": "опит"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "trial, attempt, essay",
      "word": "проба"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "trial, attempt, essay",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "assaig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "trial, attempt, essay",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "temptativa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "trial, attempt, essay",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prova"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "trial, attempt, essay",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pokus"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "trial, attempt, essay",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zkouška"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "trial, attempt, essay",
      "word": "yritys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "trial, attempt, essay",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "essai"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "trial, attempt, essay",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "test"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "trial, attempt, essay",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Versuch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "trial, attempt, essay",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Prüfung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "trial, attempt, essay",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Test"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "trial, attempt, essay",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Untersuchung"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "trial, attempt, essay",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "measúnú"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "trial, attempt, essay",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prova"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "trial, attempt, essay",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tentativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "trial, attempt, essay",
      "word": "cerakin"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "trial, attempt, essay",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "assag"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "trial, attempt, essay",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ensag m temptativa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "trial, attempt, essay",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "încercare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "trial, attempt, essay",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tentativă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ópyt",
      "sense": "trial, attempt, essay",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "о́пыт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "ispytánije",
      "sense": "trial, attempt, essay",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "trial, attempt, essay",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ensayo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "trial, attempt, essay",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "intento"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "trial, attempt, essay",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prueba"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "analiz",
      "sense": "the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something",
      "word": "анализ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "assaig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something",
      "word": "dosatge"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "analýza"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something",
      "word": "analyysi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something",
      "word": "essai"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something",
      "word": "dosage"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Assay"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Analyse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Untersuchung"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something",
      "word": "analitikai biokémiai próba"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something",
      "word": "biokémiai próba"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something",
      "word": "analitikai próba"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something",
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something",
      "word": "asai"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something",
      "word": "esai"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "measúnacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "analisi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "saggiatura"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "saggio"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "obrussa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something",
      "word": "cerakin"
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      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "assag"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
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      "sense": "the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dosatge"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something",
      "word": "ensaio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "próba",
      "sense": "the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "про́ба"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ensayo"
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}

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      "word": "assay mark"
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    {
      "word": "assay office"
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    {
      "word": "bioassay"
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          "ref": "1936, Alfred Edward Housman, More Poems, IV, The Sage to the Young Man, ll.5-8",
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          "text": "Speaking before a small crowd beneath antique airplanes suspended in the atrium of the State of Iowa Historical Museum, an effortfully cheerful Mr Romney assayed an early version of a stump speech I imagine will become a staple of his campaign for the Republican nomination, once it \"officially\" begins some time next week in New Hampshire.",
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        "(transitive) To attempt (something)."
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        "(transitive) To analyze or estimate the composition or value of (a metal, ore etc.)."
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          "ref": "1951, Geoffrey Chaucer, translated by Nevill Coghill, The Canterbury Tales: Translated into Modern English (Penguin Classics), Penguin Books, published 1977, page 351",
          "text": "The marquis, in obsession for his wife,\nLonged to expose her constancy to test.\nHe could not throw the thought away or rest,\nHaving a marvellous passion to assay her;\nNeedless, God knows, to frighten and dismay her,\nHe had assayed her faith enough before\nAnd ever found her good; what was the need\nOf heaping trial on her, more and more?",
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        "(obsolete, transitive) To test the abilities of (someone) in combat; to fight."
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        "To affect."
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        "To try tasting, as food or drink."
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to attempt, to try",
      "word": "cəhd etmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "to attempt, to try",
      "word": "assajar de"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to attempt, to try",
      "word": "provar (de)"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to attempt, to try",
      "word": "tractar de"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to attempt, to try",
      "word": "procurar de"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to attempt, to try",
      "word": "versuchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to attempt, to try",
      "word": "probieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pytátʹsja",
      "sense": "to attempt, to try",
      "word": "пыта́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to attempt, to try",
      "word": "probar, tratar"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izpitvam",
      "sense": "to analyze (a metal, compound)",
      "word": "изпитвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pravja analiz",
      "sense": "to analyze (a metal, compound)",
      "word": "правя анализ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to analyze (a metal, compound)",
      "word": "contrastar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to analyze (a metal, compound)",
      "word": "analyzovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to analyze (a metal, compound)",
      "word": "analysoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to analyze (a metal, compound)",
      "word": "analyser"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to analyze (a metal, compound)",
      "word": "analysieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "analýo",
      "sense": "to analyze (a metal, compound)",
      "word": "αναλύω"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to analyze (a metal, compound)",
      "word": "measúnaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opredeljátʹ",
      "sense": "to analyze (a metal, compound)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "определя́ть пробу"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to analyze (a metal, compound)",
      "word": "aquilatar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to analyze (a metal, compound)",
      "word": "analizar"
    }
  ],
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}

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