Synonyms:
tested, tried, well-tried
Meaning: tested and proved useful or correct; "a tested method"
Synonyms:
tested, time-tested, tried, tried_and_true
Meaning: tested and proved to be reliable
Usage examples
He tested the wireless apparatus.
The guards tested Doc's manacles and forced him into the shuttle.
Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty.
Then the suggested solution--the idea or theory--has to be tested by acting upon it.
"The finest I have ever tested!" declared the other man, evidently Mr. Porter, the gem expert.
It is not in the great tragedies of life only that character is tested and strengthened and consolidated.
It is only like this that their value as outdoor plants can be tested; for many of the show sorts have miserably weak stalks, and a very poor, lanky habit of growth.
"I hardly knew whether to believe the man or not, but he offered proof. He had several small, but very perfect diamonds with him, and he gave them to me, to have tested in any way I desired.
Assigning to my valet the shot-gun and the Smith & Wesson double-action revolver, I loaded two extra shells with buckshot, tested the locks of my Winchester and single-action Colt revolver, gave Coonskin explicit instructions, and awaited events.
Everything is duly tested and proved to be a success by a corps of experts before it is given to the practicing fraternity. The government holds certain rights in experimenting that no physician or medical school would think of having in our world.