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experimentalize

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To make experiments upon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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2

verb

Meaning 2

To experiment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • September 18 1852, John Stuart Mill, letter to Alexis de Tocqueville I investigate, I experimentalize; I try to grasp the facts more closely than has yet been attempted

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History

Etymology

From experimental + -ize.