[I] defy thee to the trial of mortal fight.
--Milton.
(b) The act of testing by experience; proof; test.
Repeated trials of the issues and events of
actions. --Bp. Wilkins.
(c) Examination by a test; experiment, as in chemistry,
metallurgy, etc.
2. The state of being tried or tempted; exposure to suffering
that tests strength, patience, faith, or the like;
affliction or temptation that exercises and proves the
graces or virtues of men.
Others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings.
--Heb. xi. 36.
3. That which tries or afflicts; that which harasses; that
which tries the character or principles; that which tempts
to evil; as, his child's conduct was a sore trial.
Every station is exposed to some trials. --Rogers.
4. (Law) The formal examination of the matter in issue in a
cause before a competent tribunal; the mode of determining
a question of fact in a court of law; the examination, in
legal form, of the facts in issue in a cause pending
before a competent tribunal, for the purpose of
determining such issue.
Syn: Test; attempt; endeavor; effort; experiment; proof;
essay. See {Test}, and {Attempt}.