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Word entry · 5 letters

trial

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"Test or court case"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɹaɪəl/Part of speech nounSorted ailrtStarts with TEnds with L1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Formal test or court case.

Word origin

From Middle English trial, triall, from Anglo-Norman trial, triel, from trier (“to pick out, cull”) + -al. More at English try.

Used in a sentence

  • all thy vexations / Were but my trials of thy love and thou / Hast strangely stood the test here
  • had my powers been less limited, I might have enforced obedience; but as it was, it was but a trial of strength between her and me, in which she generally came off victorious
  • Jama saw the sweaty, smelly work as a kind of test that, if passed, would entitle him to see his father, a trial of his worth as a son and as a man.

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