Webster's Dictionary 1913

4483

Experience table

Ex‐pe″ri‐ence ta″ble. (Life Insurance) A table of mortality computed from the experience of one or more life-insurance companies.

4484

Experienced

Ex‐pe″ri‐enced (–enst), p. p. & a. Taught by practice or by repeated observations; skillful or wise by means of trials, use, or observation; as, an experienced physician, workma...

4485

Experiencer

Ex‐pe″ri‐en‐cer (–en–s?r), n. 1. One who experiences.2. An experimenter. Sir. K. Digby.

4486

Experient

Ex‐pe″ri‐ent (–ent), a. Experienced.The prince now ripe and full experient. Beau. & Fl.

4487

Experiential

Ex‐pe′ri‐en″tial (–ĕn″shal), a. Derived from, or pertaining to, experience. Coleridge.It is called empirical or experiential... because it is given to us by experience or observ...

4488

Experientialism

Ex‐pe′ri‐en″tial‐ism (–ĭz'm), n.(Philos.) The doctrine that experience, either that of ourselves or of others, is the test or criterion of general knowledge; — opposed to intuit...

4489

Experientialist

Ex‐pe′ri‐en″tial‐ist, n. One who accepts the doctrine of experientialism. Also used adjectively.

4490

Experiment

Ex‐per″i‐ment (ĕks‐pĕr″ĭ‐ment), n. [L. experimentum, fr. experiri to try: cf. OF. esperiment, experiment. See Experience.] 1. A trial or special observation, made to confirm or ...

4491

Experiment (2)

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 th...

4492

Experiment (3)

Ex‐per″i‐ment, v. t. To try; to know, perceive, or prove, by trial or experience. Sir T. Herbert.

4493

Experimental

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, ...

4494

Experimentalist

Ex‐per′i‐men″tal‐ist, n. One who makes experiments; an experimenter. Whaterly.

4495

Experimentalize

Ex‐per′i‐men″tal‐ize (?), v. i. To make experiments (upon); to experiment. J. S. Mill.

4496

Experimentally

Ex‐per′i‐men″tal‐ly (?), adv. By experiment; by experience or trial. J. S. Mill.

4497

Experimentarian

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.

4498

Experimentation

Ex‐per′i‐men‐ta″tion (?), n. The act of experimenting; practice by experiment. J. S. Mill.

4499

Experimentative

Ex‐per′i‐men″ta‐tive (?), a. Experimental; of the nature of experiment.

4500

Experimentator

Ex‐per″i‐men‐ta′tor (?), n. An experimenter.

4501

Experimenter

Ex‐per″i‐men′ter (?), n. One who makes experiments; one skilled in experiments. Faraday.

4502

Experimentist

Ex‐per″i‐men′tist (?), n. An experimenter.

4503

Experrection

Ex′per‐rec″tion (?), n. [L. expergisci, p. p. experrectus, to rouse up; ex out + pergere to wake up.] A waking up or arousing. Holland

4504

Expert

Ex‐pert″ (?), a. [F. expert, L. expertus, p. p. of experiri to try. See Experience.] Taught by use, practice, or experience, experienced; having facility of operation or perform...

4505

Expert (2)

Ex″pert (?), n. 1. An expert or experienced person; one instructed by experience; one who has skill, experience, or extensive knowledge in his calling or in any special branch o...

4506

Expert (3)

Ex‐pert″ (?), v. t. To experience.Die would we daily, once it to expert. Spencer.

4507

Expertly

Ex‐pert″ly, adv. In a skillful or dexterous manner; adroitly; with readiness and accuracy.

4508

Expertness

Ex‐pert″ness, n. Skill derived from practice; readiness; as, expertness in seamanship, or in reasoning.Syn. — Facility; readiness; dexterity; adroitness; skill. See Facility.

4509

Expetible

Ex‐pet″ible (?), a. [L., expetibilis, fr. expetere to wish for; ex out + petere to seek.] Worthy of being wished for; desirable. Puller.