Antonyms for assay

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : verb a-sey; noun as-ey, a-sey

Phonetic Transcription : verb æˈseɪ; noun ˈæs eɪ, æˈseɪ

Definition of assay

Origin : c.1300, "to try, endeavor, strive; test the quality of," from Anglo-French assaier, from assai (n.), from Old French essai "trial" (see essay).

noun analysis
verb analyze

Example sentences :

That which would remain in the cupel if one should assay a phantom.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

If we liken them to gold, she has made her assay and says the gold is pure.
Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage

All the places I had to search for her were the stable and the assay office.
Extract from : « The La Chance Mine Mystery » by Susan Carleton Jones

I've seen him like this before—the night he shot our own men in the assay office.
Extract from : « The La Chance Mine Mystery » by Susan Carleton Jones

So one of them brought him the "specimen" and left it for assay.
Extract from : « Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches » by Edwin Eastman

Assay has gone through the fragments literally piece by piece.
Extract from : « Gold in the Sky » by Alan Edward Nourse

I understand that the assay indicates it is a valuable find.
Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Triumph » by Burt L. Standish

Mr. Kensington, I had this assay made for myself, and not for the public.
Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Triumph » by Burt L. Standish

On keeping up the heat, the assay will resume its ordinary train.
Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure

The temperature necessary for the success of an assay is about 150° of Wedgewood.
Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure

Synonyms for assay

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