Obs.; also 4 attrie, 5 ? atrey. [f. TRY v., a. OF. trier; the origin of the prefix is doubtful: perh. intensive after native vbs.]
1. trans. To try, as a judge.
c. 1330. R. Brunne, Chron., 80. Chefe justise he satte, þe sothe to atrie. Ibid., 245. Þe rightes he did attrie of þo þat wrong had nomen.
2. intr. To try, test, as with a touch-stone.
c. 1485. Digby Myst. (1882), III. 983. With many a temtacyon we tochyd hym to atrey to know whether he was god or non.
