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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tested
adj
  1. tested and proved useful or correct; "a tested method"
    Synonym(s): tested, tried, well-tried
  2. tested and proved to be reliable
    Synonym(s): tested, time- tested, tried, tried and true
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Test \Test\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tested}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Testing}.]
      1. (Metal.) To refine, as gold or silver, in a test, or
            cupel; to subject to cupellation.
  
      2. To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or
            quality of by experiment, or by some principle or
            standard; to try; as, to test the soundness of a
            principle; to test the validity of an argument.
  
                     Experience is the surest standard by which to test
                     the real tendency of the existing constitution.
                                                                              --Washington.
  
      3. (Chem.) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent;
            as, to test a solution by litmus paper.
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