Dictionary entry

Docimacy

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Doc″i‐ma‐cy (?), n. [Gr. � an assay, examination, fr. � to examine (Metals), fr. � assayed, tested, fr. � 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.