Definition of Time-tested

1. Adjective. Tested and proved to be reliable.

Exact synonyms: Tested, Tried, Tried And True
Similar to: Dependable, Reliable

Definition of Time-tested

1. Adjective. Tested and proved to be reliable over a period of time. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Time-tested

time-signal
time-signals
time-signature
time-signatures
time-slicing
time-slot
time-slots
time-space convergence
time-stamp
time-stamped
time-stamping
time-stamps
time-switch
time-table
time-tables
time-tested (current term)
time-travel
time-traveler
time-travelers
time-traveller
time-travellers
time-varied gain
time-varied gain control
time-waster
time-wasters
time-weighted
time-work
time-worn
time-zone
time-zones

Literary usage of Time-tested

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1847)
"circumstances make a deed important, that its practical tendency is for the first time tested: until then it resembles, in everything but the power of ..."

2. Settlement Report of the District of Muzaffarnagar: Including a Report on by Alan Cadell (1873)
"The number of actual wells, masonry and kutcha, were a second time tested before these proposals were complétée, and wherever errors were found to exist ..."

3. Rice Biotechnology by Gurdev S. Khush, Gary H. Toenniessen (1991)
"The time- tested methods used to create variability are hybridization and, to a lesser extent, mutation induction. 2. The evaluation phase where desirable ..."

4. Anthrax Immunization Program: Hearing Before the Committee on Government by Christopher Shays (1999)
"3, why abandon the time tested deterrence doctrine of massive retaliation that ... Abandoning this time tested doctrine and emphasizing the inevitability of ..."

5. The Electromotive Force in Metals in Cyanide Solutions by Samuel Benedict Christy (1900)
"Used same strip of zinc throughout experiments, burnishing each time. Tested from strong to weak solutions. t Used new burnished strip each time. ..."

6. History of the Sabbath and First Day of the Week by John Nevins Andrews (1912)
"CHAPTER XIV A FORGED CHAIN OF SUNDAY EVIDENCES The missing link sought — Were the martyrs of Pliny's time tested by the question, "Hast thou kept the Lord's ..."

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