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test

/tɛst/ verbe B2

En français : tester, mettre à l'épreuve

  1. To challenge, to put a strain on (something). · Climbing the mountain tested our stamina.
  2. To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
  3. To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try. · to test the soundness of a principle· to test the validity of an argument
  4. To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).
  5. To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.
  6. To be shown to be by test. · He tested positive for cancer.
  7. To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent. · to test a solution by litmus paper
  8. To challenge (someone) to a fight. (intransitive, slang, transitive)

Pluriel test · He/she/it tests · Prétérit tested · Participe passé tested · Forme en -ing testing

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Prétérit
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Participe passé
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Forme en -ing
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Dans la bibliothèque

It may well be that several explanations remain, in which case one tries test after test until one or other of them has a convincing amount of support.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 26 · B2
The idea of using a form of poison which could not possibly be discovered by any chemical test was just such a one as would occur to a clever and ruthless man who had had an Eastern training.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 69 · B2
Broad, low tables were scattered about, which bristled with retorts, test-tubes, and little Bunsen lamps, with their blue flickering flames.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 6 · B2
I’ve found it,” he shouted to my companion, running towards us with a test-tube in his hand.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 6 · B2

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