Bible Dictionaries
Experience

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) An act of knowledge, one or more, by which single facts or general truths are ascertained; experimental or inductive knowledge; hence, implying skill, facility, or practical wisdom gained by personal knowledge, feeling or action; as, a king without experience of war.

(2):

(n.) Trial, as a test or experiment.

(3):

(n.) The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Experience'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/experience.html. 1828.