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experimentalize

experimentalize verb: to make experiments upon.

Verb

experimentalize (third-person singular simple present experimentalizes, present participle experimentalizing, simple past and past participle experimentalized)

  1. (transitive) To make experiments upon.
  2. (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
    • 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.1829, Hugh Clapperton, “Travels”, in The Westminster Review

Forms of experimentalize

third-person singular presentexperimentalizes
present participleexperimentalizing
past participleexperimentalized
pastexperimentalized

Origin of experimentalize

From experimental + -ize.

Questions about experimentalize

What does experimentalize mean?
Experimentalize means to make experiments upon.
What part of speech is experimentalize?
Experimentalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of experimentalize?
The past tense of experimentalize is experimentalized.

Words near experimentalize in the dictionary

  1. experimentalism
  2. experimentalisms
  3. experimentalist
  4. experimentalists
  5. experimentality
  6. experimentalize
  7. experimentalized
  8. experimentalizes
  9. experimentalizing
  10. experimentally
  11. experimentalness

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