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Experimented

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ex⋅per⋅i⋅ment

  [n. ik-sper-uh-muhnt; v. ek-sper-uh-ment]
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–noun
1. a test, trial, or tentative procedure; an act or operation for the purpose of discovering something unknown or of testing a principle, supposition, etc.: a chemical experiment; a teaching experiment; an experiment in living.
2. the conducting of such operations; experimentation: a product that is the result of long experiment.
3. Obsolete. experience.
–verb (used without object)
4. to try or test, esp. in order to discover or prove something: to experiment with a new procedure.
Origin:
1325–75; ME: proof < L experīmentum. See experience, -ment

Related forms:
ex⋅per⋅i⋅ment⋅er, ex⋅per⋅i⋅men⋅tor, ex⋅per⋅i⋅men⋅ta⋅tor, noun

Synonyms:
1. See trial. 2. research, investigation.
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ex·per·i·ment   (ĭk-spěr'ə-mənt)   
n.  

    1. A test under controlled conditions that is made to demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy of something previously untried.

    2. The process of conducting such a test; experimentation.

  2. An innovative act or procedure: "Democracy is only an experiment in government" (William Ralph Inge).

  3. The result of experimentation: "We are not [nature's] only experiment" (R. Buckminster Fuller).

intr.v.   (-měnt') ex·per·i·ment·ed, ex·per·i·ment·ing, ex·per·i·ments

  1. To conduct an experiment.

  2. To try something new, especially in order to gain experience: experiment with new methods of teaching.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin experīmentum, from experīrī, to try; see per-3 in Indo-European roots.]
ex·per'i·ment'er n.
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Word Origin & History

experiment 
1348, from O.Fr. experiment, from L. experimentum "a trial, test," from experiri "to test, try" (see experience). The verb is 1481, from the noun.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2ex·per·i·ment
Pronunciation: -"ment
Function: intransitive verb
: to carry out experiments —ex·per·i·men·ta·tion /ik-"sper-&-m&n-'tA-sh&n, -"men- also -"spir-/ noun —ex·per·i·ment·er /-'sper-&-"ment-&r also -'spir-/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

experiment ex·per·i·ment (ĭk-spěr'ə-mənt)
n.

  1. A test under controlled conditions that is made to demonstrate a known truth, to examine the validity of a hypothesis, or to determine the efficacy of something previously untried.

  2. The process of conducting such a test; experimentation.

  3. An innovative act or procedure.

  4. The result of experimentation.

v. ex·per·i·ment·ed, ex·per·i·ment·ing, ex·per·i·ments (-měnt')

  1. To conduct an experiment.

  2. To try something new, especially in order to gain experience.

ex·per'i·ment'er n.

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