experiment
experiment is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Experience. [Obs.] Adam, by sad experiment I know How little weight my words with thee can find. Milton.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- adventure
- aim
- attempt
- best
- bold
- chance
- coup
- debut
- empirical
- endeavor
- essay
- exertion
- experimental
- experimentally
- feel
- fortune
- grope
- hand
- hard
- luck
- make
- may
- non
- one
- pick
- probation
- probationary
- push
- rule
- speculate
- speculation
- strive
- struggle
- take
- tempt
- tentative
- thumb
- trial
- try
- use
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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