experimentize en · VERB
Etymology
From experiment + -ize.
Meanings
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(archaic, intransitive) To perform a scientific experiment.
I think you will have to modify your belief about the difficulty of dispersal of land molluscs; I was interrupted when beginning to experimentize on the just hatched young adhering to the feet of ground-roosting birds.
1887, Charles Darwin, “To A. R. Wallace, June 5, 1876”, in Francis Darwin, editor, The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, volume II, New York: D. Appleton & Company, page 407:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| experimentizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| experimentizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| experimentized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| experimentized | Tense=Past | lexicographic |