trial (n.) Old form(s): Triall
action of testing, putting to the proof
Cym III.vi.11[Innogen alone] Will poor folks lie ... knowing 'tis / A punishment, or trial [i.e. not lying tests their virtue]
JC IV.ii.27[Brutus to Lucilius, of insincere men compared to horses] like deceitful jades / Sink in the trial
TC I.iii.14[Agamemnon to all, of their war efforts] trial did draw / Bias and thwart, not answering the aim
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