Experiment
Experiment , noun
[Latin experimentum, from experiri to try: compare Old French esperiment, experiment. See Experience.]
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.
2.
Experience. [Obsolete]
Adam, by sad experiment I know
How little weight my words with thee can find.
Experiment (eks*per"i*ment) , transitive verb
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.
Experiment , transitive verb
To try; to know, perceive, or prove, by trial or experience. [Obsolete] — Sir T. Herbert