EXPERIMENT

experiment. experiment, a proofe, or triall

---

EXPERIMENT. → In worldly pleasure, Solomon's Ec 1; 2

---

experiment. Experiment, v.t. to try, to search out by trial

---

Ex‐per″i‐ment (ĕks‐pĕr″ĭ‐ment), n. [[L. experimentum, fr. experiri to try: cf. OF. esperiment, experiment. See Experience.]] 1. 1. A trial 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 suggested or known truth; practical test; proof.
A political experiment can not be made in a laboratory, nor determined in a few hours. J. Adams. 2. 2. Experience.
Adam, by sad experiment I know How little weight my words with thee can find. Milton.