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assayassay /æˈseɪ, ˈæseɪ/ verb (, assayed, assaying) [transitive] ETYMOLOGYassayOrigin: 1300-1400 Old French assaier, essaier, from Late Latin exagium; ➔ ESSAY1 VERB TABLEassay |
Present | I, you, we, they | assay | | he, she, it | assays | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | assayed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have assayed | | he, she, it | has assayed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had assayed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will assay | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have assayed |
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Present | I | am assaying | | he, she, it | is assaying | | you, we, they | are assaying | Past | I, he, she, it | was assaying | | you, we, they | were assaying | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been assaying | | he, she, it | has been assaying | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been assaying | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be assaying | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been assaying |
to test a substance, especially a metal, in order to see how pure it is or what it is made of—assay /ˈæseɪ, æˈseɪ/ noun [countable] |