EXPERIMENT

Definitions

1. 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. A political experiment can not be made in a laboratory, not determinant in a few hours. J. Adams.
2. 2. Experience. [Obs.] Adam, by sad experiment I know How little weight my words with thee can find. Milton.