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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: tested and proved useful or correct; "a tested method" [syn: tested, tried, well-tried]
2: tested and proved to be reliable [syn: tested, time- tested, tried, tried and true]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from past participle of trien to try, test Date: 15th century 1. found good, faithful, or trustworthy through experience or testing <a tried recipe> 2. subjected to trials or distress <a kind but much-tried father>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

past and past part. of TRY.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tried Tried, imp. & p. p. of Try. Also adj. Proved; tested; faithful; trustworthy; as, a tried friend.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Try Try, v. t. [imp. & p. p. tried; p. pr. & vb. n. Trying.] [OE. trien to select, pick out, F. trier to cull, to out, LL. tritare to triturate (hence the sense of, to thresh, to separate the grain from the straw, to select), L. terere, tritum, to rub, bruise, grind, thresh. See Trite.] 1. To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from the good. [Obs.] --Sir T. Elyot. 2. To purify or refine, as metals; to melt out, and procure in a pure state, as oil, tallow, lard, etc. --Shak. The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. --Ps. xii. 6. For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. --Ps. lxvi. 10. 3. To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test; as, to try weights or measures by a standard; to try a man's opinions. Let the end try the man. --Shak. 4. To subject to severe trial; to put to the test; to cause suffering or trouble to. Thus far to try thee, Adam, I was pleased. --Milton.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Tried is used in the expressions tried and tested, tried and trusted, and tried and true, which describe a product or method that has already been used and has been found to be successful. ...over 1000 tried-and-tested recipes... ADJ: ADJ and adj see also try, well-tried