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Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental.

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  1. a. Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental.
  2. n. An essay; a trial; an experiment.
  3. adj. under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon
  4. adj. unsettled in mind or opinion
  5. Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental. "A slow, tentative manner." Carlyle. -- Ten*ta"tive*ly, adv. An essay; a trial; an experiment. Berkley.
  6. Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental."A slow, tentative manner." Carlyle.-- Ten*ta"tive*ly, adv.
  7. j:100 s under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon s unsettled in mind or opinion