Usually means: Test to investigate a hypothesis.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried.
noun:  (obsolete) Experience, practical familiarity with something.
verb:  (intransitive) To conduct an experiment.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To experience; to feel; to perceive; to detect.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To test or ascertain by experiment; to try out; to make an experiment on.

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