experientialIst (tial as shal)

& 8. [ Eng.experiential; -ist.] A. As adj .: Pertaining or relating to experien tialism. B. As subst.: One holding this doctrine. ěx-pěr-1-měnt, s. [Lat. experimentum, from experior to try; O. Fr. expériment ; Sp. experimento; Ital.esperimento .] 1. A trial, proof, or test of anything; an act, operation, or proce designed to discover some unknown truth, principle, or effect, or to test some received or reputed truth or principle. *2. A personal act or instance of trial or experi 3. Experience. ence. experiment For the difference between experiment and ex perience , see EXPERIENCE. ěx-pěr-I-měnt, v. i. & t. [EXPERIMENT, 8.] A. In trans.: To make trial, proof, or experiment; to endeavor to ascertain the truth as to any matter by trial or experiment; to experimentalize. *B. Transitive : 1. To make trial or proof of; to try; to prove by experiment. 2. To discover, perceive, or know by experience or trial.