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  1. 1. n. Atrial 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 suggest or known truth; practical test; poof. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. Experience. Source: opted
  3. 3. 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. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. t. To try; to know, perceive, or prove, by trial experience. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. the testing of an idea Source: wordnet
  7. 7. n. a venture at something new or different Source: wordnet
  8. 8. v. to conduct a test or investigation Source: wordnet
  9. 9. v. try something new, as in order to gain experience Source: wordnet
  10. 10. 1. Atrial 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 suggest or known truth; practical test; poof. A political experiment can not be made in a laboratory, not determinant 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. 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. , To try; to know, perceive, or prove, by trial experience. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert. Source: webster
  11. 11. To make experiment; to operate by test or trial; -- often withon, upon, or in, referring to the subject of an experiment; with,referring to the instrument; and by, referring to the means; as, toexperiment upon electricity; he experimented in plowing with ponies,or by steam power. Source: adambom
  12. 12. v:21/n:79 n. the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation n. the testing of an idea n. a venture at something new or different v. to conduct a test or investigation Source: ecdict

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