Assay and Sample

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Assay verb - To identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships.

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Sample and assay are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sample" instead the word "Assay" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: assayed, assaying

Sample verb - To put (something) to a test.

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Assay and sample are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Assay" instead the word "Sample" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: sampling, sampler, sampled, samp

In Roughing It, Mark Twain describes a type: combing an otherwise worthless mine for one tiny chunk of rock containing silver or gold, presenting it to the assay office as an "average" sample, then selling shares in the now grossly overvalued mine.

Source: Pig In A Poke

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