Experience

eks-pe'rT-ens, n. Practical acquaintance with any matter by personal observation or trial of it; repeated trial of a matter; instruction so gained; trial: proof; experiment. — v. t. [experienced (-enst), -encing.] To make practical acquaintance with: to have befall one.— Expe'rienced, -rT-enst. p. a. Taught by experience, or repeated observations. — Experientialism, -shal-izm, «. (Metapk.) Doctrine that all ideas and knowledge are derived from individual experience, — opp. to intuitionalism. — Experiment, -per'T-ment, >i. A trial deliberately instituted: practical test: proof. — v. i. To operate on a body in order to discover some unknown fact, or illustrate a known one; to test by trial. — Exper'iment'al, a. Pert, to, given to, or skilled in, founded, derived from, or affording, experiment; taught bv, or derived from, experience. — Expert', a. Taught by use, practice, or experience; adroit; skillful. — Expert, eks'pert or eks-pgrt'. n. One who is, etc.; esp. a scient i tic_or profe ional witne .