Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to experiment
Participle: experimented
Gerund: experimenting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | experiment |
| you | experiment |
| he;she;it | experiments |
| we | experiment |
| you | experiment |
| they | experiment |
Perfect
| I | have experimented |
| you | have experimented |
| he;she;it | has experimented |
| we | have experimented |
| you | have experimented |
| they | have experimented |
Past
| I | experimented |
| you | experimented |
| he;she;it | experimented |
| we | experimented |
| you | experimented |
| they | experimented |
Pluperfect
| I | had experimented |
| you | had experimented |
| he;she;it | had experimented |
| we | had experimented |
| you | had experimented |
| they | had experimented |
Future
| I | will experiment |
| you | will experiment |
| he;she;it | will experiment |
| we | will experiment |
| you | will experiment |
| they | will experiment |
Future Perfect
| I | will have experimented |
| you | will have experimented |
| he;she;it | will have experimented |
| we | will have experimented |
| you | will have experimented |
| they | will have experimented |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | experiment |
| you | experiment |
| he;she;it | experiment |
| we | experiment |
| you | experiment |
| they | experiment |
Perfect
| I | have experimented |
| you | have experimented |
| he;she;it | have experimented |
| we | have experimented |
| you | have experimented |
| they | have experimented |
Imperfect
| I | experimented |
| you | experimented |
| he;she;it | experimented |
| we | experimented |
| you | experimented |
| they | experimented |
Pluperfect
| I | had experimented |
| you | had experimented |
| he;she;it | had experimented |
| we | had experimented |
| you | had experimented |
| they | had experimented |
Conditional
Present
| I | would experiment |
| you | would experiment |
| he;she;it | would experiment |
| we | would experiment |
| you | would experiment |
| they | would experiment |
Perfect
| I | would have experimented |
| you | would have experimented |
| he;she;it | would have experimented |
| we | would have experimented |
| you | would have experimented |
| they | would have experimented |
Imperative
| you | experiment |
| we | Let's experiment |
| you | experiment |
Verbs conjugated like 'experiment'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'experiment'
sexperiment,
enregiment,
experience,
experimentise,
impediment,
cosediment,
detriment,
element,
emprint,
expedite,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1348, from O.Fr. experiment, from L. experimentum "a trial, test," from experiri "to test, try" (see experience). The verb is 1481, from the noun.
2. From Middle English experiment, from Old French esperiment (French expérience), from Latin experimentum (“experience, attempt, experiment”), from experior (“to experience, to attempt”), itself from ex + *perior, in turn from Proto-Indo-European *per-.
Sample Sentences
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[...] Alfred was greatly exasperated; but I told him that it was his own fault, and laid him any wager that I could break the man; and finally it was agreed that, if I caught him, I should have him to experiment on. So they mustered out a party of some six or seven, with guns and dogs, for the hunt. People, you know, can get up as much enthusiasm in hunting a man as a deer, if it is only customary; in fact, [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)