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Definition of: experience
(ik·spir′ē·əns) noun
1. Knowledge derived from one's own action, practice, perception, enjoyment, or suffering; experimental knowledge; especially, the state of such knowledge in an individual as an index of wisdom or skill: He is a lawyer of experience.
2. Something undergone, enjoyed, etc.
3. Spiritual exercise of mind; conversion.
4. Every form of knowledge due to one's immediate observation; also, the sum total of such knowledge in the life of an individual.
5. Length, duration, or state of occupation with or employment in a particular study, business, or work. See synonyms under ACQUAINTANCE, KNOWLEDGE.
—v.t. ·enced, ·enc·ing To undergo personally; feel. See synonyms under KNOW.
—to experience religion To undergo a change of heart; be converted. [<OF <L experientia <experiri try out]
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