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Experiment [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A trial; an act or operation designed to discover some unknown truth, principle or effect, or to establish it when discovered. Experiments in chimistry disclose the qualities of natural bodies. A series of experiments proves the uniformity of the laws of matter. It is not always safe to trust to a single experiment It is not expedient to try many experiments in legislation.

2. A political experiment cannot be made in a laboratory, nor determined in a few hours.

Experiment [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To make trial; to make an experiment; to operate on a body in such a manner as to discover some unknown fact, or to establish it when known. Philosophers experiment on natural bodies for the discovery of their qualities and combinations.

2. To try; to search by trial.

3. To experience. [Not used.]

Experiment [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To try; to know by trial. [Little used.]

Experiment [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

2. Experience.

Experiment [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. 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.

2. To try; to know, perceive, or prove, by trial experience.

Experimental [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Pertaining to experiment.

2. Known by experiment or trial; derived from experiment. experimental knowledge is the most valuable, because it is most certain, and most safely to be trusted.

3. Built on experiments; founded on trial and observations, or on a series of results, the effects of operations; as experimental philosophy.

4. Taught by experience; having personal experience.

5. Admit to the holy communion such only as profess and appear to be regenerated, and experimental christians.

6. Known by experience; derived from experience; as experimental religion.

Experimental [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Pertaining to experiment; founded on, or derived from, experiment or trial; as, experimental science; given to, or skilled in, experiment; as, an experimental philosopher.

2. Known by, or derived from, experience; as, experimental religion.

Experimentalist [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One who makes experiments.

Experimentalize [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To make experiments (upon); to experiment.

Experimentally [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. By experiment; by trial; by operation and observation of results.

2. By experience; by suffering or enjoyment. We are all experimentally acquainted with pain and pleasure.

Experimentally [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

By experiment; by experience or trial.

Experimentarian [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Relying on experiment or experience.

Experimentarian [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who relies on experiment or experience.

Experimentation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The act of experimenting; practice by experiment.

Experimentative [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Experimental; of the nature of experiment.

Experimentator [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An experimenter.

Experimented [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Experiment

Experimenter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One who makes experiments; one skilled in experiments.

Experimenter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who makes experiments; one skilled in experiments.

Experimenting [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Making experiments or trials.

Experimentist [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An experimenter.

Experiment Roget’s Thesaurus §463

N. experiment, essay, analysis, screen, trial, tentative method, ttonnement, verification, probation, experimentum crucis, proof, (demonstration) 478, criterion, diagnostic, test, probe, crucial test, acid test, litmus test, crucible, reagent, check, touchstone, pix, assay, ordeal, ring, litmus paper, curcuma paper, turmeric paper, test tube, analytical instruments, empiricism, rule of thumb, feeler, trial balloon, pilot balloon, messenger balloon, pilot engine, scout, straw to show the wind, speculation, random shot, leap in the dark, analyzer, analyst, assayist, adventurer, experimenter, experimentist, experimentalist, scientist, engineer, technician, subject, experimentee, guinea pig, experimental animal, protocol, experimental method, blind experiment, double-blind experiment, controlled experiment, poll, survey, opinion poll, epidemiological survey, retrospective analysis, retrospective survey, prospective survey, prospective analysis, statistical analysis, literature search, library research, tryout, audition, discovery, measurement, evidence, deduction, induction, abduction

V. experiment, essay, try, try out, assay, make an experiment, make a trial of, give a trial to, put on trial, subject to trial, experiment upon, rehearse, put to the test, bring to the test, submit to the test, submit to the proof, prove, verify, test, touch, practice upon, try one's strength, road-test, test drive, take for a spin, test fly, grope, feel one's way, grope for one's way, fumble, ttonner, aller ttons, put out a feeler, throw out a feeler, send up a trial balloon, send up a pilot balloon, see how the land lies, get the lay of the land, test the waters, feel out, sound out, take the pulse, see, check, check out, see how the wind blows, consult the barometer, feel the pulse, fish for, bob for, cast for, beat about for, angle, trawl, cast one's net, beat the bushes, try one's fortune, explore

Adj. experimental, empirical, probative, probatory, probationary, provisional, analytic, docimastic, tentative, unverified, unproven, speculative, untested

Adv. on trial, under examination, on probation, under probation, on one's trial, on approval

Phr. check it out, give it a try, see how it goes, "run it up the flagpole and see who salutes."

Evidence Roget’s Thesaurus §467

N. evidence, facts, premises, data, praecognita, grounds, indication, criterion, testimony, testification, expert testimony, attestation, deposition, examination, admission, authority, warrant, credential, diploma, voucher, certificate, doquet, docket, testamur, record, document, pi ce justificative, deed, warranty, signature, seal, exhibit, material evidence, objective evidence, witness, indicator, hostile witness, eyewitness, earwitness, material witness, state's evidence, deponent, sponsor, cojuror, oral evidence, documentary evidence, hearsay evidence, external evidence, extrinsic evidence, internal evidence, intrinsic evidence, circumstantial evidence, cumulative evidence, ex parte evidence, presumptive evidence, collateral evidence, constructive evidence, proof, evidence in chief, secondary evidence, confirmation, corroboration, support, ratification, authentication, compurgation, wager of law, comprobation|, citation, reference, legal research, literature search (experiment) 463

V. be evidence, evince, show, betoken, tell of, indicate, imply, involve, argue, bespeak, breathe, have weight, carry weight, tell, speak volumes, speak for itself, rest upon, depend upon, repose on, bear witness, give evidence, testify, depose, witness, vouch for, sign, seal, undersign, set one's hand and seal, sign and seal, deliver as one's act and deed, certify, attest, acknowledge, make absolute, confirm, prove (demonstrate) 478, indorse, countersign, corroborate, support, ratify, bear out, uphold, warrant, adduce, attest, cite, quote, refer to, appeal to, call, call to witness, bring forward, bring into court, allege, plead, produce witnesses, confront witnesses, place into evidence, mark into evidence, collect evidence, bring together evidence, rake up evidence, experiment, have a case, make out a case, establish, authenticate, substantiate, verify, make good, quote chapter and verse, bring home to, bring to book

Adj. showing, indicative, indicatory, deducible, grounded on, founded on, based on, corroborative, confirmatory

Adv. by inference, according to, witness, a fortiori, still more, still less, raison de plus, in corroboration, of, valeat quantum, under seal, under one's hand and seal

Phr. dictum de dicto, mise en evidence

Essay Roget’s Thesaurus §675

N. essay, trial, endeavor, attempt, aim, struggle, venture, adventure, speculation, coup d'essai, debut, probation

V. try, essay, experiment, endeavor, strive, tempt, attempt, make an attempt, venture, adventure, speculate, take one's chance, tempt fortune, try one's fortune, try one's luck, try one's hand, use one's endeavor, feel one's way, grope one's way, pick one's way, try hard, push, make a bold push, use one's best endeavor, do one's best

Adj. essaying, experimental, tentative, empirical, probationary

Adv. experimentally, on trial, at a venture, by rule of thumb, if one may be so bold

Phr. aut non tentaris aut perfice, chi non s'arrischia non guadagna