Results for try

Definition of try:

• part of speech: (verb transitive)

  To test; examine carefully; investigate judicially; purify; attempt.

• part of speech: (verb intransitive)

  To endeavor.

• part of speech: (verb)

  To attempt; to endeavour; to make or use exertion in order to perform; to make experiment on; to prove by experiment; to examine; to bring before a tribunal or into a court of law; to examine judicially by witnesses; to purify or refine.

Usage examples for try:

“ Very well, then, they could try ” The Rich Mrs. Burgoyne, - Kathleen Norris.

“ Well, I should like to have you try that. ” Entire PG Edition of The Works of William Dean Howells, - William Dean Howells.