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The prince now ripe and full experient.

Beau. & Fl.

Ex*pe`ri*en"tial (?), a. Derived from, or pertaining to, experience. Coleridge.

It is called empirical or experiential . . . because it is divan to us by experience or observation, and not obtained as the result of inference or reasoning.

Sir. W. Hamiltion.

-- Ex*pe`ri*en"tial*ly, adv. DR. H. More.

Ex*pe`ri*en"tial*ism (?), n. (Philos.) The doctrine that experience, either that ourselves or of others, is the test or criterion of general knowledge; -- opposed to intuitionalism.

Experientialism is in short, a philosophical or logical theory, not a psychological one.

G. C. Robertson.

Ex*pe`ri*en"tial*ist, n. One who accepts the doctrine of experientialism. Also used adjectively.

Ex*per"i*ment (?), n. [L. experimentum, fr. experiri to try: cf. OF. esperiment, experiment. See Experience.] 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. Experience. [Obs.]

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

Milton.

Ex*per"i*ment (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Experimented; p. pr. & vb. n. Experinenting.] 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.

Ex*per"i*ment, v. t. To try; to know, perceive, or prove, by trial or experience. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.

Ex*per`i*men"tal (?), a. [Cf.F. expérimental.] 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.

Ex*per`i*men"tal*ist, n. One who makes experiments; an experimenter. Whaterly.

Ex*per`i*men"tal*ize (?), v. i. To make experiments (upon); to experiment. J. S. Mill.

Ex*per`i*men"tal*ly (?), adv. By experiment; by experience or trial. J. S. Mill.

Ex*per`i*men*ta"ri*an (?), a. Relying on experiment or experience. "an experimentarian philosopher." Boyle. -- n. One who relies on experiment or experience. [Obs.]

Ex*per`i*men*ta"tion (?), n. The act of experimenting; practice by experiment. J. S. Mill.

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Ex*per`i*men"ta*tive (?), a. Experimental; of the nature of experiment. [R.]

Ex*per"i*men*ta`tor (?), n. [LL.] An experimenter. [R.]