Experiment /(?)/

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. [Obs.]

   Adam, by sad experiment I know How little weight my words with thee can find.

imp. & p. p. Experimented; p. pr. & vb. n. Experinenting

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.

1. To try; to know, perceive, or prove, by trial or experience. [Obs.]