transitive. To put to the test; to prove, try out; to test by experiment or experience. Also: to experience, undergo.

transitive. To attempt (something). Obsolete.

transitive. To make experiment of, prove, try (something); also, to follow after, practise.

transitive. To practise by way of trial. Obsolete.

figurative. To make trial of as by the sense of taste; to try the quality of. Also with object clause, and absol. or intransitive. Cf. sense 2.

To make an experiment upon, make trial of, test, try (? a gallicism).

transitive. To make trial or experiment of; to put to the test; to test, try. Obsolete.

To test the effect or operation of; to use, apply, or practise tentatively or by way of experiment; to experiment with. try an experiment: to make…

To try to use or in use; to try the effect or operation of, make trial of. Obsolete.

transitive. To test experimentally, to put to the test. Obsolete.

transitive. To attempt, test. Obsolete.

transitive. To make an experiment of, to try as an experiment.

to taste of: a construction used in several senses, sometimes simply = taste, sometimes = take a taste… To eat or drink only a little of; with…

to try out: to test the advantages, possibilities, or qualities of (a material or immaterial thing); also, to test (a person). Originally U.S.

to try (something)(on) for size: to consider (an idea, theory, etc.) to see whether it fits the facts. Also loosely, to try out or sample. colloquial…

To make experiment with (a thing); to prove, try.