noun

1. A challenge, trial.

2. A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.

3. (academia) An examination, given often during the academic term.

Synonyms: examination, quiz

verb

1. To challenge.

   “Climbing the mountain tested our stamina.”

2. To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.

3. To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try.

   “to test the soundness of a principle; to test the validity of an argument”