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Meaning of “try”

Sense 1: To examine, test, prove, search, or discern. Sense 2: To refine or prove by fire so that quality is made manifest.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
17 occurrences17 verses12 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Judges 7:4

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Daniel 11:35
And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Daniel 11:35 · retained source text

And some of them of vnderstanding shall fall, to trie them, and to purge, and to make them white, euen to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.

1611 marginal noteOr, by them

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Historical definitions

To examine or make experiment on; to prove by a test; to search carefully; to act upon as a test; or to purify and refine.

volume 2, leaf 811, column 2 (main_dictionary)