What does "experiment" mean?
Experiment: Experience. [Obs.] Adam, by sad experiment I know How little weight my words with thee can find. Milton.
Additional senses
- 2.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.
- 3., To try; to know, perceive, or prove, by trial experience. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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