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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