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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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, workman, soldier; an experienced eye. The ablest and most experienced statesmen. --Bancroft. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: experienced adj : having become knowledgeable or skillful from observation or participation [ant: {inexperienced}]
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