Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tested"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Test \Test\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tested}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Testing}.]
1. (Metal.) To refine, as gold or silver, in a test, or
cupel; to subject to cupellation.
2. To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or
quality of by experiment, or by some principle or
standard; to try; as, to test the soundness of a
principle; to test the validity of an argument.
Experience is the surest standard by which to test
the real tendency of the existing constitution.
--Washington.
3. (Chem.) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent;
as, to test a solution by litmus paper.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tested
adj 1: tested and proved useful or correct; "a tested method" [syn:
{tried}, {well-tried}]
2: tested and proved to be reliable [syn: {time-tested}, {tried},
{tried and true}]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.