Word Meanings - EXPERIMENTATIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Experimental; of the nature of experiment.
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- EXPERIMENTAL
1. Pertaining to experiment; founded on, or derived from, experiment or trial; as, experimental science; given to, or skilled in, experiment; as, an experimental philosopher. 2. Known by, or derived from, experience; as, experimental religion. - EXPERIMENTIST
An experimenter. - EXPERIMENTATOR
An experimenter. - EXPERIMENTER
One who makes experiments; one skilled in experiments. Faraday. - NATURED
Having a nature, temper, or disposition; disposed; -- used in composition; as, good-natured, ill-natured, etc. - EXPERIMENTATION
The act of experimenting; practice by experiment. J. S. Mill. - NATURELESS
Not in accordance with nature; unnatural. Milton. - EXPERIMENTALLY
By experiment; by experience or trial. J. S. Mill. - EXPERIMENT
1. Atrial or special observation, made to confirm or disprove something doubtful; esp., one under conditions determined by the experimenter; an act or operation undertaken in order to discover some unknown principle or effect, or to test, - EXPERIMENTARIAN
Relying on experiment or experience. "an experimentarian philosopher." Boyle. -- n. - NATURE
1. The existing system of things; the world of matter, or of matter and mind; the creation; the universe. But looks through nature up to nature's God. Pope. Nature has caprices which art can not imitate. Macaulay. 2. The personified sum and order - EXPERIMENTALIST
One who makes experiments; an experimenter. Whaterly. - EXPERIMENTALIZE
To make experiments ; to experiment. J. S. Mill. - EXPERIMENTATIVE
Experimental; of the nature of experiment. - UNNATURE
To change the nature of; to invest with a different or contrary nature. A right heavenly nature, indeed, as if were unnaturing them, doth so bridle them . Sir P. Sidney. - DEMINATURED
Having half the nature of another. Shak. - TIME SIGNATURE
A sign at the beginning of a composition or movement, placed after the key signature, to indicate its time or meter. Also called rhythmical signature. It is in the form of a fraction, of which the denominator indicates the kind of note taken as - ORNATURE
Decoration; ornamentation. Holinshed. - CONSIGNATURE
Joint signature. Colgrave. - TRANSNATURE
To transfer or transform the nature of. We are transelemented, or transnatured. Jewel. - DENATURE
To deprive of its natural qualities; change the nature of. - SIGNATURE
An outward mark by which internal characteristics were supposed to be indicated. Some plants bear a very evident signature of their nature and use. Dr. H. More. (more info) 1. A sign, stamp, or mark impressed, as by a seal. The brain, being well - DISNATURED
Deprived or destitute of natural feelings; unnatural. Shak. - GOOD-NATUREDLY
With maldness of temper. - DECLINATURE
The act of declining or refusing; as, the declinature of an office.