noun the act of trying or testing in any manner.
2. trial ·noun the act of testing by experience; proof; test.
3. trial ·noun examination by a test; experiment, as in chemistry, metallurgy, ·etc.
4. trial ·noun any effort or exertion of strength for the purpose of ascertaining what can be done or effected.
5. trial ·noun 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.
6. trial ·noun 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.
7. trial ·noun 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.