All 3 Uses of
assay
in
Measure for Measure
- I pr'ythee, Lucio, do me this kind service: This day my sister should the cloister enter, And there receive her approbation: Acquaint her with the danger of my state; Implore her, in my voice, that she make friends To the strict deputy; bid herself assay him; I have great hope in that: for in her youth There is a prone and speechless dialect Such as moves men; beside, she hath prosperous art When she will play with reason and discourse, And well she can persuade.†
Scene 1.3
- Assay the power you have.†
Scene 1.5 *
- Angelo had never the purpose to corrupt her; only he hath made an assay of her virtue to practise his judgment with the disposition of natures; she, having the truth of honour in her, hath made him that gracious denial which he is most glad to receive: I am confessor to Angelo, and I know this to be true; therefore prepare yourself to death.†
Scene 3.1
Definition:
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(assay) analysis or the results of an analysis -- especially to determine the quantity of an ore (such as gold) in rock or of a chemical substance such as a protein in a tumor