EXPERIMENTS
Noun
experiments
plural of experiment
Verb
experiments
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of experiment
Anagrams
• sexperiment
Source: Wiktionary
EXPERIMENT
Ex*per"i*ment, n. Etym: [L. experimentum, fr. experiri to try: cf.
OF. esperiment, experiment. See Experience.]
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.
Ex*per"i*ment, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Experimented; p. pr. & vb. n.
Experinenting.]
Definition: 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, v.t
Definition: , To try; to know, perceive, or prove, by trial experience.
[Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition