δοκιμάζω
Etym. δόκιμος
I. "to assay or test" metals, to see if they be pure, Isocr., etc.
II. of persons, "to put to the test, make trial of, scrutinise", Hdt., Thuc.: —then, "to approve", id=Thuc., Plat., etc.; c. inf., ἐκπονεῖν ἐδοκίμαζε "he approved of" their working, Xen.
III. at Athens, "to approve as fit" for an office, and in Pass. "to be approved as fit", Plat., etc.; c. inf., ἱππεύειν δεδοκιμασμένος Xen.
2. "to examine and admit" boys "to the class of ἔφηβοι or ἔφηβοι to the rights of manhood"; and in Pass. "to be so admitted", Ar., etc.; ἕως ἀνὴρ εἶναι δοκιμασθείην Dem.
IV. c. inf. "to think fit" to do, or with negat. "to refuse" to do, NTest.