Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Exrerience \Ex*re"ri*ence\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Experienced}
   (-enst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Experiencing} (-en-s?ng).]
   1. To make practical acquaintance with; to try personally; to
      prove by use or trial; to have trial of; to have the lot
      or fortune of; to have befall one; to be affected by; to
      feel; as, to experience pain or pleasure; to experience
      poverty; to experience a change of views.

            The partial failure and disappointment which he had
            experienced in India.                 --Thirwall.

   2. To exercise; to train by practice.

            The youthful sailors thus with early care

            Their arms experience, and for sea prepare. --Harte.

   {To experience religion} (Theol.), to become a convert to the
      diatribes of Christianity; to yield to the power of
      religions truth.