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Webster 1913 Edition
Experiment
Ex-per′i-ment
,Noun.
1.
A trial or special observation, made to confirm or disprove something uncertain; esp., one under controlled 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 hypothesis, theory, 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
How little weight my words with thee can find.
experiment
I knowHow little weight my words with thee can find.
Milton.
Ex-per′i-ment
(ĕks-pĕr′ĭ-ment)
, Verb.
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
,Verb.
T.
To try; to know, perceive, or prove, by trial or experience.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Herbert.
Webster 1828 Edition
Experiment
EXPER'IMENT
,Noun.
A trial; an act or operation designed to discover some unknown truth, principle or effect, or to establish it when discovered. Experiments in chimistry disclose the qualities of natural bodies. A series of experiments proves the uniformity of the laws of matter. It is not always safe to trust to a single experiment. It is not expedient to try many experiments in legislation.
A political experiment cannot be made in a laboratory, nor determined in a few hours.
EXPER'IMENT
,Verb.
I.
1.
To try; to search by trial.2.
To experience. [Not used.]EXPER'IMENT
,Verb.
T.