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(pī̍-răs′tĭk)

Adj.

[Gr.

πειραστικός

, fr.

πειρᾶν

to try, fr.

πεῖρα

a trial.]

Fitted for trial or test; experimental; tentative; treating of attempts.

Adj.

[Gr. to strain, to attempt.] Attempting; making trial.

Treating of or representing trials or attempts; as the peirastic dialogues of Plato.

peirastic