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Webster 1913 Edition
Docimacy
Doc′i-ma-cy
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] an assay, examination, fr. [GREEK] to examine (Metals), fr. [GREEK] assayed, tested, fr. [GREEK] to take, approve: cf. F.
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 facts pertaining to physiology.
Webster 1828 Edition
Docimacy
DOCIMACY
,Noun.