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Experiment

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) 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.

(2):

(v. t.) To try; to know, perceive, or prove, by trial experience.

(3):

(v. t.) 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.

(4):

(n.) Experience.

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