"assayen" meaning in Middle English

See assayen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /aˈsæi̯ən/, /ˈasæi̯ən/, /sæi̯ən/
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman assaier; equivalent to assay + -en (infinitival suffix). Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|xno|assaier}} Anglo-Norman assaier, {{af|enm|assay|-en|id2=infinitival|pos2=infinitival suffix}} assay + -en (infinitival suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} assayen Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|assay}} Forms: weak [table-tags], assayen [infinitive], to assayen [infinitive], assaye [infinitive], assaye [first-person, present, singular], assayed [first-person, past, singular], assayest [present, second-person, singular], assayedest [past, second-person, singular], assayeth [present, singular, third-person], assayed [past, singular, third-person], assaye [present, singular, subjunctive], assayed [past, singular, subjunctive], assaye [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], assayen [plural, present], assaye [plural, present], assayeden [past, plural], assayede [past, plural], assayeth [imperative, plural, present], assaye [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], assayynge [participle, present], assayende [participle, present], assayed [participle, past], yassayed [participle, past]
  1. To trial, test or assay:
    To trial something in order to ascertain its efficacy.
    Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-assayen-enm-verb--4rVE6D6 Disambiguation of Personality: 14 14 14 14 14 1 1 3 3 6 11 2 0 0 0
  2. To trial, test or assay:
    To ascertain something's efficacy or usefulness.
    Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-assayen-enm-verb-aRqm1byy Disambiguation of Personality: 14 14 14 14 14 1 1 3 3 6 11 2 0 0 0
  3. To trial, test or assay:
    To examine or test a person's nature or intrinsic qualities.
    Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-assayen-enm-verb-kMP9bJBz Disambiguation of Personality: 14 14 14 14 14 1 1 3 3 6 11 2 0 0 0 Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 10 30 2 3 2 2 12 2 3 26 1 1 2
  4. To trial, test or assay:
    To taste comestibles (often in order to test them)
    Categories (topical): Food and drink, Personality
    Sense id: en-assayen-enm-verb-WqeDAUzS Disambiguation of Food and drink: 18 18 18 27 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Personality: 14 14 14 14 14 1 1 3 3 6 11 2 0 0 0 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 5 2 10 25 2 6 4 3 9 4 4 19 2 2 4 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 10 3 7 20 3 5 4 5 7 4 6 13 3 3 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 3 10 27 3 3 3 4 11 3 5 22 2 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 10 30 2 3 2 2 12 2 3 26 1 1 2
  5. To trial, test or assay:
    To test something's or someone's battle-readiness
    Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-assayen-enm-verb-bDkaFcvF Disambiguation of Personality: 14 14 14 14 14 1 1 3 3 6 11 2 0 0 0
  6. To launch an attempt or effort at something.
    Sense id: en-assayen-enm-verb-8MwnElHE
  7. To look at; to research or launch an examination or inquiry.
    Sense id: en-assayen-enm-verb-Sad6WplO
  8. To perform an enterprise or mission.
    Sense id: en-assayen-enm-verb-kysjbMxG
  9. To attain knowledge via deduction, inquiry, or investigating.
    Sense id: en-assayen-enm-verb-ZYrFb2~Q Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 3 10 27 3 3 3 4 11 3 5 22 2 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 10 30 2 3 2 2 12 2 3 26 1 1 2
  10. To query or ask one for assistance or help.
    Sense id: en-assayen-enm-verb-VPMvCrUa
  11. To lure or draw into; to seduce or utilise temptation. Categories (topical): Personality, Transport
    Sense id: en-assayen-enm-verb-JW415vhH Disambiguation of Personality: 14 14 14 14 14 1 1 3 3 6 11 2 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Transport: 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 6 5 5 21 6 4 4 5
  12. To copulate, have sexual relations with, or have coitus. Categories (topical): Sex
    Sense id: en-assayen-enm-verb-Bn3tRXhq Disambiguation of Sex: 2 2 4 2 2 6 5 2 6 6 12 53 0 0 0 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 3 10 27 3 3 3 4 11 3 5 22 2 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 10 30 2 3 2 2 12 2 3 26 1 1 2
  13. (rare) To have experienced something. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-assayen-enm-verb-6FpqeQKQ
  14. (rare) To utilise a field of knowledge. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-assayen-enm-verb-PTm06Kr8
  15. (rare) To travel on the ocean. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-assayen-enm-verb-j3xLldGO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Alternative forms

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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "assay",
            "3": "say"
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          "expansion": "English: assay, say",
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      ],
      "text": "English: assay, say"
    },
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      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "assayen",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "to assayen",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "assayede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assayeth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assaye",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "past",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "assayynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assayende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assayed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yassayed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "_dis": "14 14 14 14 14 1 1 3 3 6 11 2 0 0 0",
          "kind": "topical",
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            "Fundamental"
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        "To trial, test or assay:",
        "To trial something in order to ascertain its efficacy."
      ],
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        [
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          "assay",
          "assay"
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            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        "To trial, test or assay:",
        "To ascertain something's efficacy or usefulness."
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          "assay",
          "assay"
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          "ascertain"
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        "To trial, test or assay:",
        "To examine or test a person's nature or intrinsic qualities."
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          "assay"
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          "kind": "topical",
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            "Fundamental"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To trial, test or assay:",
        "To taste comestibles (often in order to test them)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "trial",
          "trial"
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        [
          "test",
          "test"
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        [
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          "assay"
        ]
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            "Human",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To trial, test or assay:",
        "To test something's or someone's battle-readiness"
      ],
      "id": "en-assayen-enm-verb-bDkaFcvF",
      "links": [
        [
          "trial",
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        ],
        [
          "test",
          "test"
        ],
        [
          "assay",
          "assay"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To launch an attempt or effort at something."
      ],
      "id": "en-assayen-enm-verb-8MwnElHE",
      "links": [
        [
          "attempt",
          "attempt"
        ],
        [
          "effort",
          "effort"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To look at; to research or launch an examination or inquiry."
      ],
      "id": "en-assayen-enm-verb-Sad6WplO"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To perform an enterprise or mission."
      ],
      "id": "en-assayen-enm-verb-kysjbMxG",
      "links": [
        [
          "enterprise",
          "enterprise"
        ],
        [
          "mission",
          "mission"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 10 27 3 3 3 4 11 3 5 22 2 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To attain knowledge via deduction, inquiry, or investigating."
      ],
      "id": "en-assayen-enm-verb-ZYrFb2~Q"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To query or ask one for assistance or help."
      ],
      "id": "en-assayen-enm-verb-VPMvCrUa"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 14 14 14 1 1 3 3 6 11 2 0 0 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Personality",
          "orig": "enm:Personality",
          "parents": [
            "Mind",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Transport",
          "orig": "enm:Transport",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lure or draw into; to seduce or utilise temptation."
      ],
      "id": "en-assayen-enm-verb-JW415vhH"
    },
    {
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        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 4 2 2 6 5 2 6 6 12 53 0 0 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Sex",
          "orig": "enm:Sex",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Reproduction",
            "Fundamental",
            "Life",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To copulate, have sexual relations with, or have coitus."
      ],
      "id": "en-assayen-enm-verb-Bn3tRXhq"
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To have experienced something."
      ],
      "id": "en-assayen-enm-verb-6FpqeQKQ",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To have experienced something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To utilise a field of knowledge."
      ],
      "id": "en-assayen-enm-verb-PTm06Kr8",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To utilise a field of knowledge."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To travel on the ocean."
      ],
      "id": "en-assayen-enm-verb-j3xLldGO",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To travel on the ocean."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈsæi̯ən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈasæi̯ən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sæi̯ən/"
    }
  ],
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "assaien"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "assaie"
    },
    {
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      "word": "assay"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "assaye"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "asay"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "asaye"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "asayn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "a-say"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "saie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sayen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "saye"
    }
  ],
  "word": "assayen"
}
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    "Middle English lemmas",
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    "Middle English terms derived from Anglo-Norman",
    "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Middle English weak verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "enm:Food and drink",
    "enm:Personality",
    "enm:Sex",
    "enm:Transport"
  ],
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      ],
      "text": "English: assay, say"
    },
    {
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    }
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "assay",
        "3": "-en",
        "id2": "infinitival",
        "pos2": "infinitival suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "assay + -en (infinitival suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Anglo-Norman assaier; equivalent to assay + -en (infinitival suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assayen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to assayen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assaye",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assaye",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assayed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assayest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assayedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assayeth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assayed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assaye",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assayed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assaye",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assayen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assaye",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assayeden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assayede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assayeth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assaye",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assayynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assayende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assayed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yassayed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "assayen",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "assay"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To trial, test or assay:",
        "To trial something in order to ascertain its efficacy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "trial",
          "trial"
        ],
        [
          "test",
          "test"
        ],
        [
          "assay",
          "assay"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To trial, test or assay:",
        "To ascertain something's efficacy or usefulness."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "trial",
          "trial"
        ],
        [
          "test",
          "test"
        ],
        [
          "assay",
          "assay"
        ],
        [
          "ascertain",
          "ascertain"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To trial, test or assay:",
        "To examine or test a person's nature or intrinsic qualities."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "trial",
          "trial"
        ],
        [
          "test",
          "test"
        ],
        [
          "assay",
          "assay"
        ],
        [
          "examine",
          "examine"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To trial, test or assay:",
        "To taste comestibles (often in order to test them)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "trial",
          "trial"
        ],
        [
          "test",
          "test"
        ],
        [
          "assay",
          "assay"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To trial, test or assay:",
        "To test something's or someone's battle-readiness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "trial",
          "trial"
        ],
        [
          "test",
          "test"
        ],
        [
          "assay",
          "assay"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To launch an attempt or effort at something."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "attempt",
          "attempt"
        ],
        [
          "effort",
          "effort"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To look at; to research or launch an examination or inquiry."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To perform an enterprise or mission."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "enterprise",
          "enterprise"
        ],
        [
          "mission",
          "mission"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To attain knowledge via deduction, inquiry, or investigating."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To query or ask one for assistance or help."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To lure or draw into; to seduce or utilise temptation."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To copulate, have sexual relations with, or have coitus."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To have experienced something."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To have experienced something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To utilise a field of knowledge."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To utilise a field of knowledge."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To travel on the ocean."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To travel on the ocean."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈsæi̯ən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈasæi̯ən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sæi̯ən/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "assaien"
    },
    {
      "word": "assaie"
    },
    {
      "word": "assay"
    },
    {
      "word": "assaye"
    },
    {
      "word": "asay"
    },
    {
      "word": "asaye"
    },
    {
      "word": "asayn"
    },
    {
      "word": "a-say"
    },
    {
      "word": "saie"
    },
    {
      "word": "sayen"
    },
    {
      "word": "saye"
    }
  ],
  "word": "assayen"
}

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