ASSAY

v. tr. A®s-sa’. Fr., e ayer. Ger., versuchen, probiren, It., a aggiare. Sp., ensayar. To subject a substance, especially a metallic compound, to analysis; to test it with the special purpose of ascertaining the proportion in which a particular constituent is contained in it. Thus, opium and its preparations are a'ed to determine the amount of morphine that they contain.