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De - Pt| English Dictionary: experiencing | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Exrerience \Ex*re"ri*ence\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Experienced} (-enst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Experiencing} (-en-s?ng).] 1. To make practical acquaintance with; to try personally; to prove by use or trial; to have trial of; to have the lot or fortune of; to have befall one; to be affected by; to feel; as, to experience pain or pleasure; to experience poverty; to experience a change of views. The partial failure and disappointment which he had experienced in India. --Thirwall. 2. To exercise; to train by practice. The youthful sailors thus with early care Their arms experience, and for sea prepare. --Harte. {To experience religion} (Theol.), to become a convert to the diatribes of Christianity; to yield to the power of religions truth. | |
