An assay is a breakdown of a material, examining the individual parts that make up the whole. When you assay a situation, you look at all the elements that created the problem in order to come up with a solution.
Trial; attempt; essay.
Noun
a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc.
Noun
an appraisal of the state of affairs; "they made an assay of the contents"; "a check on its dependability under stress"
Noun
a written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance
Noun
a substance that is undergoing an analysis of its components
Verb
analyze (chemical substances)
Verb
make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world"
n.
Trial; attempt; essay.
n.
Examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread
or wine.
n.
Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship;
state of being tried.
n.
Tested purity or value.
n.
The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a
particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of
the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin.
n.
The alloy or metal to be assayed.
v.
To try; to attempt; to apply.
v.
To affect.
v.
To try tasting, as food or drink.
v.
To subject, as an ore, alloy, or other metallic compound, to
chemical or metallurgical examination, in order to determine the amount
of a particular metal contained in it, or to ascertain its composition.
v. i.
To attempt, try, or endeavor.
Assay
I am withal persuaded that it may prove much more easy in the assay than it now seems at distance.2.
This can not be, by no assay of reason.3.
Through many hard assays which did betide.4.
With gold and pearl of rich assay.5.
Assay
To-night let us assay our plot.
Soft words to his fierce passion she assayed.2.
When the heart is ill assayed.3.
Assay
She thrice assayed to speak.
Trial; attempt; essay.
To try; to attempt; to apply.
To attempt, try, or endeavor.
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