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AperientAperient A*pe"ri*ent, a. [L. aperiens, p. pr. of aperire to
uncover, open; ab + parire, parere, to bring forth, produce.
Cf. Cover, Overt.] (Med.)
Gently opening the bowels; laxative. -- n. An aperient
medicine or food. --Arbuthnot. AperiesApery Ap"er*y, n.; pl. Aperies.
1. A place where apes are kept. [R.] --Kingsley.
2. The practice of aping; an apish action. --Coleridge. Casting of draperiesCasting Cast"ing, n.
1. The act of one who casts or throws, as in fishing.
2. The act or process of making casts or impressions, or of
shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act or the process
of pouring molten metal into a mold.
3. That which is cast in a mold; esp. the mass of metal so
cast; as, a casting in iron; bronze casting.
4. The warping of a board. --Brande & C.
5. The act of casting off, or that which is cast off, as
skin, feathers, excrement, etc.
Casting of draperies, the proper distribution of the folds
of garments, in painting and sculpture.
Casting line (Fishing), the leader; also, sometimes applied
to the long reel line.
Casting net, a net which is cast and drawn, in distinction
from a net that is set and left.
Casting voice, Casting vote, the decisive vote of a
presiding officer, when the votes of the assembly or house
are equally divided. ``When there was an equal vote, the
governor had the casting voice.' --B. Trumbull. Draperied
Draperied Dra"per*ied, a.
Covered or supplied with drapery. [R.] --Byron.
Experience table
Experience table Ex*pe"ri*ence ta"ble (Life Insurance)
A table of mortality computed from the experience of one or
more life-insurance companies.
ExperiencedExrerience 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. Experienced
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.
Experiencer
Experiencer Ex*pe"ri*en*cer (-en-s?r), n.
1. One who experiences.
2. An experimenter. [Obs.] --Sir. K. Gigby.
ExperiencingExrerience 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. Experient
Experient Ex*pe"ri*ent (-ent), a.
Experienced. [Obs.]
The prince now ripe and full experient. --Beau. & Fl.
ExperientialExperiential Ex*pe`ri*en"tial, a.
Derived from, or pertaining to, experience. --Coleridge.
It is called empirical or experiential . . . because it
is divan to us by experience or observation, and not
obtained as the result of inference or reasoning.
--Sir. W.
Hamiltion.
-- Ex*pe`ri*en"tial*ly, adv. --DR. H. More. Experientialism
Experientialism Ex*pe`ri*en"tial*ism, n. (Philos.)
The doctrine that experience, either that ourselves or of
others, is the test or criterion of general knowledge; --
opposed to intuitionists.
Experientialism is in short, a philosophical or logical
theory, not a philosophical one. --G. C.
Robertson.
Experientiallist
Experientiallist Ex*pe`ri*en"tial*list, n.
One who accepts the doctrine of experientialism. Also used
adjectively.
ExperientiallyExperiential Ex*pe`ri*en"tial, a.
Derived from, or pertaining to, experience. --Coleridge.
It is called empirical or experiential . . . because it
is divan to us by experience or observation, and not
obtained as the result of inference or reasoning.
--Sir. W.
Hamiltion.
-- Ex*pe`ri*en"tial*ly, adv. --DR. H. More. FopperiesFoppery Fop"per*y, n.; pl. Fopperies. [From Fop.]
1. The behavior, dress, or other indication of a fop;
coxcombry; affectation of show; showy folly.
2. Folly; foolery.
Let not the sound of shallow foppery enter My sober
house. --Shak. Inexperienced
Inexperienced In`ex*pe"ri*enced, a.
Not having experience unskilled. ``Inexperienced youth.'
--Cowper.
NaperiesNapery Na"per*y, n.; pl. Naperies. [OF. naperie, fr. nape a
tablecloth, F. nappe, LL. napa, fr. L. mappa. See Map, and
cf. Apron, Napkin.]
Table linen; also, linen clothing, or linen in general.
[Obs.] --Gayton. PerienteronPerienteron Per`i*en"te*ron, n. [NL. See Peri-, and
Enteron.] (Anat.)
The primitive perivisceral cavity. Periergy
Periergy Per"i*er`gy, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? overcareful; ? about,
beyond + ? work.]
1. Excessive care or diligence. [Obs.]
2. (Rhet.) A bombastic or labored style. [R.]
Reexperience
Reexperience Re`["e]x*pe"ri*ence (-p?`r?-ens), n.
A renewed or repeated experience.
To experience religionExrerience 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. Unexperience
Unexperience Un`ex*pe"ri*ence, n.
Inexperience. [Obs.]
Unexperienced
Unexperienced Un`ex*pe"ri*enced, a.
1. Not experienced; being without experience; inexperienced.
--Swift.
2. Untried; -- applied to things. --Cheyne.
Unexperient
Unexperient Un`ex*pe"ri*ent, a.
Inexperienced. [Obs.]
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