• (n.) The art or practice of applying tests to ascertain the nature, quality, etc., of objects, as of metals or ores, of medicines, or of facts pertaining to physiology.
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Doc'i·ma·cy noun [ Greek ... an assay, examination, from ... to examine (Metals), from ... assayed, tested, from ... to take, approve: confer French
docimasie .] The art or practice of applying tests to ascertain the nature, quality, etc., of objects, as of metals or ores, of medicines, or of fact...
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