- (v.t.) To try; to know, perceive or prove, by trial experience.
- (v.t.) To make experiment; to operate by test or trial; -- often with on, upon or in, referring to the subject of an experiment; with, referring to the instrument; and by, referring to the means; as, to experiment upon electricity; he experimented in plowing with ponies or by steam power.
- (n.) Experience.
- (n.) Atrial or special observation, made to confirm or disprove something doubtful; especially, one under conditions determined by the experimenter; an act or operation undertaken in order to discover some unknown principle or effect or to test, establish or illustrate some suggest or known truth; practical test; poof.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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