Ex*per"i*ment , v. t. To try; to know,
perceive, or prove, by trial or experience. [Obs.]
Sir T. Herbert.
Ex*per"i*ment (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Experimented;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Experinenting.]
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.
Ex*per"i*ment (?), n.
[L. experimentum, fr. experiri to try: cf. OF.
esperiment, experiment. See Experience.]
1. A trial
or special observation, made to confirm or
disprove something doubtful; esp., 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 suggested or known truth; practical test; proof.
A political
experiment can not be made in a laboratory, nor determined in a few hours.
J.
Adams. 2. Experience. [Obs.]
Adam, by sad
experiment I know
How little weight my words with thee can find.
Milton.
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