1. trial - Noun
2. trial - Adjective
3. trial - Verb
The act of trying or testing in any manner.
Any effort or exertion of strength for the purpose of ascertaining what can be done or effected.
The act of testing by experience; proof; test.
Examination by a test; experiment, as in chemistry, metallurgy, etc.
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.
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.
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryGod does not allow a trial unless something good comes out of it... God allows everything for our good. Paisios of Mount Athos
It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted. Livy
Israel may have the right to put others on trial, but certainly no one has the right to put the Jewish people and the State of Israel on trial. Ariel Sharon
Abundance of money is a trial for a man. Moroccan Proverb
It is usual of a person found guilty in a trial to boast that he would press his case further. Nigerian Proverb
In times of difficulty, friendship is on trial. Greek Proverb