\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.