experimentalize
English
editEtymology
editFrom experimental + -ize.
Verb
editexperimentalize (third-person singular simple present experimentalizes, present participle experimentalizing, simple past and past participle experimentalized)
- (transitive) To make experiments upon.
- (intransitive) To experiment.
- 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
- 1829, Hugh Clapperton, “Travels”, in The Westminster Review:
- The Fellatas flocked from all quarters to this new seat of civilization and learning; and his growing power induced Danfodio to experimentalize upon its extent.
- September 18 1852, John Stuart Mill, letter to Alexis de Tocqueville