assayen

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === assaien, assaie, assay, assaye, asay, asaye, asayn, a-say, saie, sayen, saye === Etymology === From Anglo-Norman assaier; equivalent to assay +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈsæi̯ən/, /ˈasæi̯ən/, /sæi̯ən/ === Verb === assayen To trial, test or assay: To trial something in order to ascertain its efficacy. To ascertain something's efficacy or usefulness. To examine or test a person's nature or intrinsic qualities. To taste comestibles (often in order to test them) To test something's or someone's battle-readiness To launch an attempt or effort at something. To look at; to research or launch an examination or inquiry. To perform an enterprise or mission. To attain knowledge via deduction, inquiry, or investigating. To query or ask one for assistance or help. To lure or draw into; to seduce or utilise temptation. To copulate, have sexual relations with, or have coitus. (rare) To have experienced something. (rare) To utilise a field of knowledge. (rare) To travel on the ocean. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: assay, say Scots: say, sey ==== References ==== “assaien, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 17 August 2018. “saien, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 17 August 2018.